EL RENO, Okla. - Our In Your Corner team has new details involving contractor Edward Earnest.
Friday was our first glimpse of Earnest since the state charged him with embezzling thousands of dollars from customers.
Chief Assistant Attorney General Julie Bays is pursing charges on behalf of at least three customers in Comanche and Canadian counties.
“We allege that he took money for windows and installation of windows and never supplied the windows and did any of the work,” she said.
In Nikki Witcher's case, it was new siding that never showed.
Bays said, even though Nikki's complaint wasn't grouped into the original charges, Nikki and her family can still receive restitution.
“I decided to file the three non-contested [cases],” she said. “He took their money, and he didn't give them anything, as opposed to her case, where he's saying supplies were stolen.”
Last year, Earnest told us his company went belly up, and he was filing bankruptcy.
While prosecutors pursue the criminal case, they're welcoming any additional complaints from the public.
“We believe there's probably more victims out there that he has taken money from and never completed the work,” Bays said.
Earnest will be back in court in May.
We'll keep you posted on things.