Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Unlicensed Contractor Faces Charges Of Allegedly Screwing Elderly Homeowners Of At Least $60K Paid For Work He Failed To Perform

In Lockeford, California, the Stockton Record reports:
  • Police detectives and the Contractors State License Board [last month] arrested Lockeford resident Robert Weaver on nine counts of contractor fraud and working without a license. At his 5-acre property [...], however, they also compiled three counts of animal cruelty on top of accusations that he defrauded elderly homeowners of at least $60,000 worth of landscaping contracts he did not perform.

For the story, see Man faces contractor fraud, animal cruelty charges.