Posted April 24, 2012, at 6:14 a.m.
HAVERHILL, Mass. — A man charged with scamming up to
$90,000 from two Haverhill people knew nothing about the scheme, his
lawyer said.
Edmond Wormwood, 33, of Biddeford, Maine, simply did work at the
family’s home and his boss handled all money issues, said Wormwood’s
court-appointed lawyer Alisa Rosenthal.
Rosenthal said Billy Adams, 34, of Saco, Maine, was the principal businessman in the project. A police report repeatedly named Adams as the man who was primarily involved in the scheme, which charged lots of money for shoddy work, Rosenthal said.
Her comments came at Wormwood’s arraignment yesterday in Haverhill District Court, where he pleaded not guilty to embezzling the money. He was held on $10,000 bail.
Wormwood’s mother, June, was in court with her son and later said he is innocent.
“(Adams) used my son and took advantage of him,” said June Wormwood. “He had no idea about any of this. He thought he was just doing a job.”
She said Adams and Michael Mills, 28, of Arundel, Maine, were business partners and that her son worked for them for six months. Adams and Wormwood had known each other previously for a “long time,” June Wormwood said.
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