A Glen Arm man repeatedly accused of ripping off ill, elderly and disabled residents is set to appear in Howard County Circuit Court today on charges that he lied under oath and forged documents during a May 2005 trial.
Paris G. George, 52, of Baltimore County, stood trial in Howard County in May on charges that he committed felony theft and failed to install a wheelchair lift for a Clarksville couple who paid him $6,300 to do the work, charging documents state.
During the trial, George said he was not responsible for not installing the lift because another company never delivered the device to him after he ordered it, said Wayne Kirwan, a spokesman for Howard County State?s Attorney Timothy McCrone.
George presented records at the trial to show that he ordered the lift and was acquitted of the charges, Kirwan said.
After the trial, prosecutors found the documents George presented to be fictitious, Kirwan said.
Now charged with multiple counts of perjury and obstruction of justice, George could face up to 10 years in prison on the each perjury charge, and up to five years and a $10,000 fine on the obstruction of justice charge.
The May incident was not George?s first run-in with the law.
The Circuit Court for Baltimore County in 2004 ordered George to pay a $75,000 fine for violations of the Consumer Protection Act,
according to the office of Maryland Attorney General Joseph Curran.
The court ruled that George cheated residents out of medical equipment, including wheelchairs and stair lifts, by selling the items and then failing to provide
them, according to the attorney general.
George did not return a telephone call seeking comment.
