Former carpet company owner enters plea agreement on theft, deception charges

PITTSBURGH — A carpet company owner who is accused of taking customers' money and not performing the work was accepted into a plea program.

Jason Muller, 42, is the former owner of Steel City Flooring.

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He was charged with theft and deceptive business practices after customers lost out on nearly $34,000 worth of carpet they paid for but never received.

This month, Muller was sentenced to two years in the Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition program, which is only offered to first-time, nonviolent offenders.

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Steel City Flooring, which had five locations across western Pennsylvania, closed in February.

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