Operation AC/DC "Stings" Unlicensed Florida Contractors

In Belleview, Florida, the Ocala Star Banner reports:

• On Friday, sheriff's deputies, along with the State Attorney's Office, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation and the county's building department, organized a sting operation in an effort to crack down on unlicensed contractors. Labeled Operation AC/DC, deputies conducted the sting with the permission of a Silver Springs Shores homeowner who allowed his home to be used as bait for the probe.

Officials had arrest warrants for 14 unlicensed contractors. All the people arrested Friday were charged with unlicensed electrical contracting. Some were also charged with contracting without a license. For more, see Sheriff's deputies drop the hammer on unlicensed contractors.