Customers arent only ones upset with York County builder facing charges WSOC TV [Video]

YORK COUNTY, S.C. — Customers aren’t the only ones upset with a York County builder Action 9′s been investigating for more than a year and a half.

Deputies arrested Christian Novellino in December and charged him with 20 counts of breach of trust.

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Novellino ran businesses that included Constructing Up and Pillar Custom Homes. Customers say he took their money but didn’t do the work, and they’re not the only ones upset with Novellino.

When a builder leaves a vacant lot or an eyesore in a neighborhood, it can be frustrating for the people already living in that community. Those people include John Jimenez.

“If the land’s undeveloped and it’s not kept up, then people don’t want to live near that type of property,” Jimenez said. “It’s an eyesore and it’s an opportunity missed for somebody to buy and build a nice house on it.”

Jimenez lives in Herron Cove near …