Florissant Home Repairman Scammed Homeowners, Police Say
St. Charles Police said the man took money to repair roofs, gutters and screens without intending to do the work.
A Florissant man was charged with taking money for home repairs in St. Charles without intending to do the work.
Jason M. Leavy, 38, of the 1300 block of Brenthaven Lane in Florissant, was charged by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office with three counts of using deceptive business practices.
St. Charles Police said Leavy made false promises to replace roofs, gutters and window screens on three homes in St. Charles. Police said he did not intend to do the work.
The St. Louis Area Better Business Bureau issued an alert on Leavy in March.
In the alert, Michelle Corey, BBB president and CEO, said Leavy’s actions have been “so flagrant and so chronic that his involvement in any type of construction work presents a real danger to the public.”
Leavy did business under several company names, including Accurate Construction Services and Tri-Star Roofing and Contracting of St. Charles, Midwest Roofing & Contracting, CRS, CRSI and Merit Construction, according to the Better Business Burea.
Leavy also was convicted in 2006 in St. Louis County and served four years in prison for defrauding homeowners.
Bond was set at $50,000.
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Ken
6:39 am on Friday, September 7, 2012
Times are tough all over, pal. Get a real job, and then actually WORK. You know, like the people you scammed out of their hard earned dollars.
Non-sense all around me
8:46 am on Friday, September 7, 2012
He'll be right back at it once he gets out, maybe in a different state. But once a con-man always a con-man.