Friday
Feb092007
Local "Roofer" Charged
Friday, February 9, 2007 at 4:14PM The owner of a Wilkes roofing company faces charges of defrauding at least one customer, and perhaps several more. Wilkesboro Police have filed a charge of obtaining property by false pretenses against Dwayne Smith in relation to an incident where a woman prepaid him for work that he never did. His business is known as Affordable Roofing Systems.
In September, we told you about an incident where Smith was alleged to have been paid more than one thousand dollars to do a roof for someone, but then never showing up to complete the job. At the time, the incident was referred to the civil court system, and the victim filed a small claims court action against Smith.
Since then, he has missed three separate small claims hearings on the case, and it went back to police Wednesday. The victim signed a complaint on the misdemeanor charge, but police are discussing with the D-A's office possibly upgrading the charge because they say Mr. Smith has a history of similar incidents. A search of our records finds at least one other case in which Smith is reported to have been prepaid for a job and then not done the work.
In September, we told you about an incident where Smith was alleged to have been paid more than one thousand dollars to do a roof for someone, but then never showing up to complete the job. At the time, the incident was referred to the civil court system, and the victim filed a small claims court action against Smith.
Since then, he has missed three separate small claims hearings on the case, and it went back to police Wednesday. The victim signed a complaint on the misdemeanor charge, but police are discussing with the D-A's office possibly upgrading the charge because they say Mr. Smith has a history of similar incidents. A search of our records finds at least one other case in which Smith is reported to have been prepaid for a job and then not done the work.
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