{"id":168778,"date":"2026-04-17T18:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168778\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:53:06","slug":"hughestown-police-searching-for-contractor-wanted-in-home-improvement-fraud-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168778\/","title":{"rendered":"Hughestown police searching for contractor wanted in home improvement fraud case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HUGHESTOWN, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Hughestown police are asking for the public\u2019s help in locating a contractor wanted in connection with a home improvement fraud investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say Michael John Szumski, 47, of Pittston, is wanted on an arrest warrant tied to allegations he violated Pennsylvania\u2019s Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, Szumski is associated with B &amp; S Construction Service LLC and is accused of taking money for work that was never completed or not performed as promised.<\/p>\n<p>Court records show Szumski is facing multiple felony charges, including theft by deception, deceptive business practices, and accepting advance payment for services without completing the work.<\/p>\n<p>The charges stem from an incident reported in Hughestown Borough, and the case is currently awaiting a preliminary hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Police describe Szumski as 6 feet tall, weighing about 185 pounds, with a medium build, brown eyes, and a bald head.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are urging anyone who may have hired Szumski or believes they may have been a victim to contact their local police department.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked not to approach him, but instead call 911 or contact Hughestown Police at 570-654-2082. Tips can be provided anonymously.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HUGHESTOWN, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Hughestown police are asking for the public\u2019s help in locating a contractor wanted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-168778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}