[UHNA] FW: tree service fraud alert

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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:32:41 -0400
 

 

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Wyoming Ohio published a new post entitled "TREE SERVICE FRAUD CRIME
PREVENTION ALERT" on 7/15/2011 10:16:46 AM, written by City of Wyoming Blog.


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TREE SERVICE FRAUD CRIME PREVENTION ALERT


Crime Prevention Alert: Tree Service Fraud

The Wyoming Police Department has obtained information about an individual
representing several tree companies, who targets the elderly by going up to
a residence (unsolicited) and telling them that they have some trees that
need attention and then inflating and overcharging for the service. Reports
suggest that this individual has been very aggressive in his approach.  The
"companies" associated with this individual and his crew, have gone by the
names of "Trees Unlimited", "Mid-Ohio Tree & Mulch", and "Tri-State
Forestry", operating from the Columbus, OH area down through Louisville, KY.
There have been a number of victims of this fraud in our neighboring
community of Springfield Township.  

The individuals associated with these frauds are: Jason Johnson, male-white,
28 YOA, and Jeremy Richards, male-white, 29 YOA, with the Johnson subject
having active warrants for frauds stemming from his tree cutting service.
Both have extensive criminal histories.  A maroon colored 1992 Chevrolet
pickup bearing Ohio plate PHA5873 is believed to be associated with these
individuals and has been observed in both Springfield and Deerfield
Townships.


Tips 

If you need to have work done you should contact the Better Business Bureau
for a list of reputable companies and you should obtain at least three free
quotes/estimates before having any work done by a contractor. 

Soliciting in Wyoming

The following ordinance prohibits soliciting in Wyoming:

  

733.01 UNINVITED PEDDLERS OR SOLICITORS

a)     No solicitor, peddler, hawker, itinerant merchant or transient vendor
of merchandise, shall go in or upon a private residence, not having been
requested or invited to do so by the owner or occupant of such private
residence, for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares
and merchandise, or disposing of, or peddling or hawking the same.  (Ord.
501-1959.  Passed 4-20-59.)

     (b)     Section 733.01
<http://www.conwaygreene.com/Wyoming/lpext.dll?f=FifLink&t=document-frame.ht
m&l=jump&iid=b8be071.14f78b08.0.0&nid=68f#JD_73301>  shall not apply to
religious, charitable or political groups, organizations or individuals.
(Ord. 20-2005.  Passed 12-19-05.) 

           

If you come into contact with either of these individuals or companies and
they are soliciting, or if you have additional questions, please contact the
Wyoming Police Department at 821-0141.  


Chief Gary J. Baldauf

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