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Contractor indicted in alleged scam
A Moreau builder has been indicted on five charges that accuse him of ripping off two customers in Washington County last year and this year -- thefts that nearly cost one of the victims his home, officials said.Thomas B. DuFore, 33, of Gansevoort Road faces felony counts of grand larceny and misappropriation of funds of a trust and a misdemeanor count of petit larceny.He operates DuFore Construction LLC.DuFore was arrested in July by State Police in Washington County after two customers came forward claiming he had taken tens of thousands of dollars from them and not completed the work, State Police Senior Investigator Thomas Aiken said.At one project in Argyle, DuFore is accused of taking $80,000 as partial payment to build a home but not completing the work. He also is accused of taking $52,700 to build an addition to a home in Kingsbury, but failing to complete the work there as well.
Gulf Coast residents frustrated with delay
BAY ST. LOUIS Rhonda Thigpen thought her homeowner grant application would have been one of the easiest to process. Her home of 20 years was paid off months before Hurricane Katrina demolished it on Aug. 29, 2005. So, there was no mortgage company to pay off, which Thigpen thought would have eliminated red tape. Yet, she hasn't heard whether she is among the 17,000 Gulf Coast residents who applied for the $3 billion program handled by the Mississippi Development Authority. Last week, state officials celebrated a lightning-quick special session aimed at helping Coast residents rebuild. Meeting in special session for less than two hours, lawmakers voted to cut the sales tax on modular homes from 7 to 3 percent, allowing residents to save a few thousand dollars on a quick-built home.
Comcast Contractor Falls Asleep Twice On Customer's Bed
If the Comcast guy falling asleep on a guy's couch wasn't enough to get the company to warn their techs NOT to fall asleep on the job, this surely will. Apparently, a Garden City family had a Comcast contractor fall asleep on their son's bed, and when woken up by the youngster, the guy just "proceeded to lay there and fall asleep again." Comcast of course apologized and said this: Comcast has reached out to the customer to apologize for the unsatisfactory experience. We have been in direct contact with the customer and have restored his services to his satisfaction. We obvioously do not condone what was represented in the photograph. The individual involved is no longer performing work for Comcast. – Jason Chen Comcast Cable Worker Falls Asleep On The Job [Click On Detroit] .
Monarch Company Signs Lease To House Steel Framing Division
STUART, Fla., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Monarch Company has found a home in Stuart, Fla., for its newly launched steel framing division. The company has leased an 8,000-square-foot facility situated on two acres on Commerce Avenue in Stuart. The Monarch Company plans to house its construction and light gauge steel framing division in the new facility as soon as September 15 with the intention of also locating a modular steel framing operation in the building in the future. In addition to accommodating the growing need for comprehensive steel framing packages for homes and commercial structures, the steel framing division will also be able to work with builders to provide steel trusses for commercial and residential applications. The capability to offer truss packages will allow the Monarch Company to easily marry light gauge steel with other building materials such as concrete block.
IT-Harvest Becomes Registered Government Contractor
Birmingham, MI, October 07, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- IT-Harvest, an independent research and advisory firm announced today that it has completed the registration process to become a government contractor."With the continuing focus on homeland security we felt it was important to be able to offer our research and advisory services to those departments that are researching and strategizing the most effective ways to combat cyber threats," said Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst for IT-Harvest. The IT-Harvest Knowledge Base is a subscription offering. Now, US government entities can purchase access to web based tools to perform their own market research by mining the database. They can also make use of IT-Harvest’s advisory services to get expert guidance on the security industry, threat trending, and security architectures.
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