MOULTRIE, Ga. — A Berrien County man is accused of stealing $147,000 by posing as a licensed contractor throughout South Georgia and North Florida.
Jason Chauncey of Berrien County was arrested Feb. 4 by the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office for warrants that had been taken out by the Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office, according to CCSO investigator Blake Livings.
“Chauncy had been posing as a licensed contractor and was taking money from victims and promising to do the work. Well, he would either never do the work or would continue to give excuses on why he wouldn’t be able to work,” Livings said in an interview Tuesday.
Livings was approached by a victim who had found Chauncey on a website called Angieslist.com.
“The victim told me that she had found him on the site and [he] had promised to do some work on her home. They went to Home Depot together to order some things for her shower and some other materials. Eventually, the order that they placed was canceled because Chauncey never came to pick up the stuff,” Livings explained.
He said the victim gave Chauncey $5,000 as a down payment and purchased the materials from Home Depot that were never picked up.
In addition to the Colquitt County woman, Livings was able to identify other victims of Chauncey’s scam which range from…
