The Madison County Sheriff’s Division is investigating a report of residence advancement fraud just after a home owner was cajoled into owning her barn repainted.
According to a news release from Sheriff Scott Mellinger, the operator of a dwelling on County Road 500 South was approached Tuesday by an older white person with a cane, who was driving a white pickup truck. The guy informed the homeowner that the barn essential painted. The home-owner agreed but did not want to have it painted by someone randomly halting by the home. The man failed to relent and eventually persuaded the owner to enable him to do it for $200 in labor in addition the price tag of paint. The gentleman showed her a big container of Sherwin Williams paint and said that she would have a 10-yr guarantee.
According to the proprietor, 5 people today showed up to the home and started spray painting the barn. The guy remaining, telling the operator to pay back the man or woman in the blue shirt when the job was completed.
The operate was completed in two hours, and the $3,800 was requested in payment. When the operator reported she would pay out with a verify, she was advised it experienced to be in cash or there would be an supplemental demand of $600. The proprietor left to retrieve the income and thinks she was adopted.
In accordance to Mellinger, the owner asked for a receipt and was specified just one declaring the business was “To start with Preference Maintenance.” The receipt was signed “Larry Munson.”
In the launch, Mellinger reported the barn was spray painted red, but it appeared no prep work was completed, no primer applied and that overspray was everywhere.
“I could not track down a business enterprise named First Selection Servicing, nor a subject matter named Larry Munson,” Mellinger claimed in the release.
Everyone with information and facts on these people is asked to make contact with the Madison County Sheriff’s Division.
