Attorney General John M. Formella announces that Gerard Michael Healey, age 57, has been sentenced on a class A felony count of Theft by Unauthorized Taking or Transfer, a class A felony count of Theft by Misapplication of Property, and a class A misdemeanor count of violating an injunction issued under the New Hampshire Consumer Protection Act (CPA).
In October of 2024, in Belknap County Superior Court, Healey pleaded guilty to the charges, which stemmed from his conduct while serving as the owner of Pinnacle Metal Roofing, a roofing company formerly located in Meredith. Healey stole a total of $212,394 in deposits from 23 victims who provided the deposits as prepayments for roofing work on their houses that he did not perform. In addition to his thefts, he took and kept 19 of the deposits in criminal violation of a consent judgment he entered into with the Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau in 2017.
The Court sentenced Healey to serve 4 ½ to 10 years in the New Hampshire State Prison for the Theft by Unauthorized Taking or Transfer charge. On the Theft by Misapplication of Property charge, he was sentenced to serve 7 ½ to 15 years in the New Hampshire State Prison, fully suspended, with the suspended sentence to end 10 years from his release on the Theft by Unauthorized Taking or Transfer charge. On the misdemeanor count of violating an injunction issued under the CPA, he was sentenced to serve one year in the House of Corrections, fully suspended, with the suspended sentence to end two years from his release on the Theft by Unauthorized Taking or Transfer charge.
Investigator Frederick Lulka of the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau was responsible for investigating the case. The case was prosecuted by Assistant Attorneys General JR Davis and Zach Frish, also of the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau.
If you or someone you know has been the victim of home contractor fraud or theft, please contact your local police department and file a consumer complaint with the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau at: https://www.doj.nh.gov/consumer/complaints/index.htm.
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