TAMAQUA -- A business man in Schuylkill County was convicted of bilking an elderly couple out of more than $300-thousand dollars last year.
Officials say Alfonso Picone of Tamaqua met the couple at his family's restaurant, La Colce Casa, in Tamaqua and offered to help them with their finances.
They say Picone then used the couple's bank account to write checks to himself.
Officials started investigating after Schuylkill County Senior Services noticed something wrong with the elderly couple's finances.
