Donora contractor charged with fraud
A Donora contractor was arraigned Monday on charges including fraudulent or deceptive business practices, insurance fraud and theft by deception after his work allegedly caused problems at the home of an elderly Donegal Township woman.
Todd William Turner, 31, of 427 Thompson Ave., was hired to do concrete work after he placed a newspaper advertisement offering winter specials and senior discounts. The woman signed a contract with Turner for the work in February. She signed a second contract for additional work. The woman paid Turner $10,229 for the work.
State police said Turner started the work in late February. The woman immediately started to notice problems and had another concrete contractor look at the work. That contractor told the woman that the work had been done improperly and not to allow Turner to do any more work. The contractor told police the work was not done according to code.
When Turner returned to her home in March, the woman told him not to do any more work and asked him for his insurance information. When Turner failed to provide the information, the woman contacted state police.
Trooper Sarah Teagarden, whol filed the charges, determined that Turner was not properly licensed, nor did he have insurance at the time he did work at the woman’s home. He also reportedly turned in a claim for the work done at the woman’s home, indicating it happened on March 12, 10 days after he was last at the residence.
Turner, who was in the Washington County jail on a probation warrant, was arraigned before District Judge Ethan Ward, who set bond at $10,000.