NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – It’s a corporation that states they will “Solve your Roofing Challenges.”
But Sgt. Michael Warren with the Fraud Unit at MNPD claims that’s not what the’s hearing from shoppers in Center Tennessee.
”It was astonishing cause I have listened to of this seller, perfectly before we been given the circumstance. Viewed commercials on it. And that would’ve been somebody I would’ve probably termed as well cause it appears to be a reputable vendor. And’s just genuinely about that individuals are becoming deceived like that,” Sgt. Warren stated.
In September 2020, James Kenton, who police say, is the proprietor of Tennessee MetalRoofing, was charged with Residence Advancement Fraud just after a person living in Antioch designed a criticism.
”The grievance arrived in that the gentleman essential a roof completed on non-public assets. They went out and gave him a quote and immediately after offering him a estimate they arrived again and following providing him the quotation they arrived again with a great deal a lot more than what their initial estimate was,” St. Warren stated.
”What we see a whole lot is – these border on civil and criminal, and not all residence improvement issues are a criminal offense. But we do have statutes to protect property owners. And so, in this scenario. It does meet up with the prison statute since he was presented the amount of time and he was absolutely refused a refund of his down payment.”
Sgt. Warren also tells Information4 that Kenton is no stranger to these allegations.
”During that analysis, we did arrive across information that other incidents experienced occurred in other states up the East Coast,” Warren said.
News4 reached out to Kenton’s lawyer Joe Calvert.
”I don’t know how the MNPD could maybe know who the operator of an integrated organization is,” Calvert stated. Calvert argued that the relatives detailed by police had the solution to terminate the work and they failed to workout it. He also says that he’s nevertheless waiting on documentation and evidence from police that demonstrates Mr. Kenton is the proprietor of the unique metal roofing corporation.
”Show me the proof. Ok, I feel they are backpedaling,” Calvert stated.
Calvert also provided the following statement and documentation:
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