Pavement Scammer Sentenced To Two Years in Prison

Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Paul Hackner sentenced Tommy E. Clack of Annapolis to  Wednesday for his role in a paving scam that targeted consumers and senior citizens throughout the county, a spokeswoman for the State’s Attorney’s Office said.

Assistant State’s Attorney Marot Hoskins also told Hackner that Clack continued to scam residents in North Carolina as a means to pay for the $200,000 in court-ordered restitution or for other crimes he was convicted of in Maryland.

Clack now faces similar charges in North Carolina for unlicensed jobs he performed there between March 12-15, and also additional charges in South Carolina, Anne Arundel State’s Attorney spokeswoman Kristin Fleckenstein said.

Fleckenstein told Patch the judge’s ruling was the maximum sentence for the eight cases in which Clack was convicted.

“Judge Hackner told [Clack] that in all his years on the bench, that he had never seen ‘such a pathological liar.’ He referred to Clack as a ‘shameless swindler’ and unrepentant crook before handing down the maximum sentence,” Fleckenstein said.

The maximum sentence was dealt so Clack will be eligible to serve the maximum of five years probation upon his release from prison, she said.

The Annapolis man must also pay an additional $63,000 to his victims.

Clack has already been ordered by the Maryland Attorney General to pay more than $200,000 in restitution to 16 people in Maryland and nearly $290,000 in penalties and court costs, Fleckenstein said.