Jamestown Plumber Says Sorry For Stealing From Homes

A Jamestown man is apologizing. He admits to stealing from people's homes while on the job. "I made a bad decision, took advantage of them, and that's what I didn't want to do, so but whatever has to be done to pay them back, I'll do it," says Chad Gourneau, who is facing multiple charges for theft and burglary.

Police say he stole upwards of $20,000 of coins, jewelry, and silver while doing plumbing, heating, and cooling work inside people's homes in Jamestown.

Two people in Jamestown called our whistleblower hotline, concerned that Gourneau, who is also a registered sex offender, was working in their home.

"I'm not insured to take thing kind of hit," says James Hoffman, who says Gourneau stole from him.

Hoffman called a plumber back in February to come fix his furnace, "and the next thing you know there's things missing in my house," he says.

He soon to realize valuable coins were missing from his room.

"There are a lot of people out there in Jamestown right now that still don't realize they have stuff missing," says Hoffman.

The plumber that showed up to Hoffmans, was Chad Gourneau. Who admits to lifting things out houses he was working in.

"It was there, I took it, took advantage of it, and just making that choice there, it's ruined by life, ruined my career I had with plumbing company I was glad to work with," says Gourneau.

He is formerly employed at Pioneer Plumbing in Jamestown.

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Jamestown Plumber Says Sorry For Stealing From Homes