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Brown is wanted for the murder of his girlfriend and her niece which occurred in Grand Rapids, MI in 2019. Both victims were shot multiple times. Brown is believed to have fled Michigan immediately after the murders.
Smiley is wanted by the Mobile, Alabama Police Department for Capital Murder. Smiley is also wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service for a Federal Bond Violation on a Federal Drug Charge out of Ft. Wayne, IN. Smiley is known to carry firearms.
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Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 32, Chapter 10 requires a contractor be licensed through the Registrar of Contractors (ROC) to legally perform construction or home repair and remodeling jobs having total project cost, including labor and materials, above $1,000 or requiring a building permit. Unlicensed contractors can endanger the health, safety and welfare of the public.
On Wed., Oct. 6, 2021, Lance Edward Wills, 45 and formerly of Higley, Arizona, was sentenced to five years in prison at the Arizona Department of Corrections by the Mohave County Superior Court. The sentence comes after Wills was found guilty of violating his probation for a prior conviction.
Wills was previously a licensed contractor from April 2006 to June 2008 but his license was revoked in July 2008 for performing poor work and abandoning projects. In total, the Agency received eight complaints against Wills while he was licensed.
Since the license was revoked in 2008, the Agency investigated 20 unlicensed complaints against Wills. Since his first unlicensed complaint, Wills has taken Arizona home and business owners out for over $220,194, often abandoning the project after receiving a deposit.
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Patrick Callahan takes thousands of dollars in advance, fails to produce any of the materials and then abandons the job. He has targeted the elderly with this type of contracting scam.
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Robert Green is well known to the ROC. From 2014 to 2016, the Agency received and investigated six complaints against Green. According to the complaints, homeowners assumed he was licensed based on his professional-looking website and gave him a combined $87,230. In each of the complaints, he collected money and performed little to no work before disappearing.
In April 2019, AZ ROC received a complaint from a Mesa homeowner who entered into a contract with Thorson for $147,200 to build a guest house. Thorson accepted a $15,000 deposit and never started the project. In May 2019 the investigation was submitted to MCAO for charging and then prosecution.
AZ ROC received a second complaint in April 2019 from a Phoenix homeowner who hired Thorson for a remodeling project. Thorsen represented himself to be a licensed contractor and used the ROC license number belonging to a licensed company to get the job. He was paid a $15,000 deposit but did not finish the work. The homeowner contacted AZ ROC after Thorson failed to correct items of poor workmanship and to complete the job. The investigation was submitted to MCAO in May 2019 for charging and then prosecution.
UPDATED Oct. 7, 2019: The Arizona Registrar of Contractors has reason to believe additional residents of the Sun City and Sun City West areas may have been taken advantage of by Rafaela Juarez and Hugo Juarez-Zaragoza. The Agency also has reason to believe Jennifer and Jesus Ramiro are new aliases being used by Rafaela and Hugo.
So far, homeowners who filed recent complaints are out over $110,000 and most allege they hired the duo/family for hardscaping work, pavers or irrigation installation, concrete and stucco work, or painting.
In December 2017, Rafaela pleaded guilty to Theft, a Class 4 Felony and Hugo pleaded guilty to Criminal Damage, a Class 4 Felony, in the Maricopa County Superior Court. In February of 2018 they were both sentenced to 3 years of probation.
The Agency received and investigated 11 complaints against the couple between 2010 and 2016. During this time, the money paid by consumers to these two unlicensed entities is alleged to total $138,100. The contracted-for work typically involves landscaping and the couple is known to work in Sun City, Sun City West, and Sun City Grand areas.
UPDATED June 15, 2022: Added: Hugo goes by Carlos, Jesus, and CJ. Rafaela goes by Anna, Lisa, Jennifer. Their new business name is CJ's Landscaping. Charges Pending with the Arizona Attorney General's office Individual pictures for: Rafaela Juarez and Hugo Juarez-Zaragova
Update: On Wed., Oct. 30, 2019, at approximately 2:00 PM, Leo Andrew Wieck, 44 of Scottsdale, was arrested by the Phoenix Police Department near his Scottsdale home. Wieck was booked into the Fourth Avenue Maricopa County Jail. He was released on his own recognizance Thurs., Oct. 31, 2019
On October 2, 2019, the Maricopa County Superior Court issued a Grand Jury Warrant for Wieck's arrest. Wieck DBA EMConstruction, Solscape LLC and Desert Storm Contracting LLC, faces the charge of Fraud-Illegal Use of a Credit Card, a Class 5 Felony after an AZ ROC investigation found Wieck claimed to be a licensed contractor in order to have a Phoenix homeowner pay him $10,680 for landscaping work at a Phoenix home. The homeowners allege he fraudulently withdrew $4,000 from their account without permission.
Prior to the October 2 warrant, the Maricopa County Superior Court issued another Grand Jury Warrant for Wieck's arrest on August 20, 2019. In this case, Wieck faces the charge of Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices, a Class 2 Felony and the charge stems from an AZ ROC investigation that found Wieck represented himself as a licensed contractor so a Phoenix homeowner would pay him $30,000 for a new pool installation. Wieck started the project but disappeared before it was complete.
Wieck is also wanted on a Failure to Appear Warrant issued by the Encanto Justice Court on July 19, 2019. In that case, Wieck is being charged with Contracting Without a License, a Class 1 Misdemeanor after an AZ ROC investigation found a Phoenix homeowner paid him $53,539 for a pool installation. Following concerns with the workmanship, the victim discovered Wieck was not licensed to perform the work and filed a complaint.
The warrant was quashed on September 5, 2019 after Wharton made a payment of $7,945 to the East Mesa Justice Court.
Background
On August 14, 2019, the East Mesa Justice Court ordered a warrant for Wharton after he failed to pay court-ordered restitution. Wharton pleaded guilty to Contracting Without a License, a Class 1 Misdemeanor on September 20, 2018. After the June 25, 2019 restitution hearing, Wharton was ordered to pay $7,900 in restitution to the victim. The charges stemmed from an AZ ROC investigation that found Wharton was paid $7,900 by an 86 year old Mesa homeowner for roof repairs following a leak. Wharton did perform some work, however, the quality was poor and the materials were not appropriate for the job.
On July 9, 2019, the Pinal County Superior Court issued a warrant for Libby, who is wanted on the charge of Contracting Without a License, a Class 1 Misdemeanor. The charge was filed by the Pinal County Attorney's Office and stems from an AZ ROC investigation that found Libby was paid $1,400 for a granite countertop installation. The homeowner found Libby via the popular app Offerup. After being paid, Libby never returned to start the job or deliver materials.
Libby is also wanted on a Failure to Appear warrant issued by the County Meadows Justice Court on February 19,2019. The charges stem from an AZ ROC investigation that found Libby was paid $1,200 by a Phoenix homeowner to fabricate and install new countertops. The homeowner hired Libby after finding an advertisement on Craigslist. No work was performed and no materials delivered.
Two of those warrants were issued by the Maricopa County Superior Court after he Failed to Appear at sentencing hearings scheduled for Feb. 7, 2019, and related to Arizona Registrar of Contractors (AZ ROC) investigations. The hearings come after Roberts pleaded guilty to two counts of Taking Identity of Another, a Class 4 Felony, on Sept. 25, 2019, in two separate court cases.
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