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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9 comments:

  1. Anonymous5/25/2017

    What's the legal status of all the other contractors besides Kelly who were working with these bums? Wayne? John? Jimmy? Garvin?

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  2. Anonymous5/27/2017

    Jamie Wermuth was in on these scams too. Where is he now?

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  3. Anonymous5/27/2017

    Trend Consulting Group "Our Passion is Moving you Forward" LOL more like stealing your money a never doing the job!!!!

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  4. Anonymous5/30/2017

    Anyone know what the sentence is??? Mr and Mrs scam getting theirs???

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  5. Anonymous6/01/2017

    All,

    Fact Check

    * Mr Cottrell has zero affiliation with Shawn Gerety nor Buildtrend PERIOD

    * Mr Cottrell settled this matter civilly 1 year before criminal charges were filed

    * The Delaware County DA's Office Originally Charged Mr Cottrell with 7 Felonies ranging from identity theft, theft by deception, contractor fraud, etc.

    * Mr Cottrell plead guilty to One Count Misdemeanor "Failure to properly dispose of a financial instrument" which basically means Mr Cottrell was guilty of not setting up an escrow account

    * Mr Cottrell has accepted responsibility for not establishing an escrow account and is prepared to move forward with his life in a positive fashion

    This blog and those that have slandered Mr Cottrell's reputation through posting and/or commenting is/are currently being sued for Defimation of Character those who choose to continue to engage in posting and/or commenting on this blog about Mr Cottrell will be held libel for any and or all false statements herein.

    Regards,

    Legal

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    1. BuildTRENDscam6/02/2017

      Dear Legal,

      Readers of this blog have difficulty reconciling your declaration that Cottrell has had zero affiliation with Gerety and BuildTrend with the facts supplied by Cottrell himself in his 2015 civil lawsuit vs Gerety. Documents in the public domain related to that Delaware County suit include two contracts between Cottrell and his companies and Gerety and his companies, including an amended agreement signed by both men in June 2014 which extended and specifically clarified terms of Cottrell's role with BuildTrend as the Vice President of the company. Again, these documents were supplied to the court by Cottrell himself.

      See here:
      http://roam.co.delaware.pa.us/delco/search.do?indexName=delcoimages&lq=EventEntryID%3A7282492

      Two sets of questions for you:

      1) Regarding the supposed civil settlement with the Drexel Hill family that Cottrell stole from: Has Cottrell returned any additional monetary funds to those homeowners since the supposed civil settlement one year before the DA brought criminal charges in January 2016? If so, why would Cottrell be returning funds to his victims if this was all resolved before January 2015?

      2) Did Gerety attend the wedding of Rachel and Vincent Cottrell?

      Regards,
      BuildTrend Scam Blog

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  6. Gerety6/08/2017

    Vince is an honest businessman. Do not judge him on his recent and numerous felonies

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    1. Anonymous6/10/2017

      You have got to be kidding!!?? What about Cottrell and his now "project management" business is fair and honest? Where exactly did he get his training? And more importantly ... who else has he scammed?

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  7. Gerety6/15/2017

    Everyone makes mistakes in life. Cottrell has learned his lesson this time. Would I hire him though, probably not.

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