Sunday, May 14, 2017

Cottrell's DelCo criminal sentencing May 30

According to criminal docket CP-23-CR-0001749-2016, Vincent Cottrell is scheduled for sentencing by a Delaware County judge on May 30 (continued from May 15).  Public records show that Cottrell finally pleaded guilty to criminal theft on April 10, 2017 following a series of continuances and delays since Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan initially charged him in January 2016 for crimes related to home renovation contracting work.

Vincent Cottrell (aka Vincent Edward C.)

But this sentencing doesn't look like the end of legal troubles for Cottrell and his crew.

Cottrell + Kelly
Cottrell and contractor John Kelly (aka "Butch" and JD Kelly Corp.) are also defendants in a separate DelCo civil action where a Havertown, PA homeowner alleges fraud, negligence and unfair trade practices on a different home renovation construction job that went wrong.

From the filings in that case, matters between the two contractors Kelly and Cottrell appear to be getting more contentious. Read full proceedings including the initial complaint and a flurry of responses and motions:
Delaware County Case 2016-006677


 Cottrell + Gerety
Another of Cottrell's conspirators in home renovation contracting has been Shawn Gerety (aka Sean Gerety, Shawn T. Gerety). Gerety and Cottrell were business partners in BuildTrend until Gerety bankrupted that company and started multiple new entities, including Trend Investment Group, TIG Construction Inc, Bay Breeze Exteriors. Cottrell meanwhile started Trend Consulting Group and possibly other entities. Gerety is currently a criminal defendant in the State of Delaware on multiple incidents of theft and fraud related to home renovations and simultaneously defendant in Pennsylvania in a civil suit by the Attorney General of Pennsylvania which aggregates the complaints of nine Pennsylvania homeowner victims, many of whom had also met Cottrell when he was VP of Gerety's BuildTrend company.
Complaint: Attorney General v Gerety/BuildTrend (Case. No 692 MD 2016) - Complaint
Docket sheet: Commonwealth Court Case 692 MD 2016

 Note: the relationship between Cottrell, Gerety and BuildTrend is documented in the public domain by contracts and documents made public by Cottrell in his 2015 Delaware County civil lawsuit Cottrell v Gerety.  See this blog's June 2015 entry for the link.

Latest chapters in Cottrell's long criminal record 
A 2017 criminal conviction would add to quite a lengthy criminal record for Cottrell (links to public information below).  He was convicted in New Jersey of 2006 crimes and incarcerated in 2010-2011 in New Jersey and also separately convicted in 2011 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on theft and theft by deception offenses.

Links below show where this information is available in public domain:
2016-Jun Back in Business

Where is Cottrell now?
Still in the construction contracting business with new entities and new business partners:
Trend Consulting Group

He appears to go by Vincent Edward C. on social media and may also be using other names, aliases and identities.  He is active on social media including @VincentC30 and @TrendGroup30 on Twitter and @VincentEdwardC30 on Instagram.

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