Owner of roofing company facing charges for home improvement fraud

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – It’s a company that claims they will “Solve your Roofing Complications.”

But Sgt. Michael Warren with the Fraud Device at MNPD suggests which is not what the’s hearing from customers in Center Tennessee.

”It was astonishing result in I have heard of this vendor, properly prior to we acquired the situation. Viewed commercials on it. And that would’ve been any person I would’ve almost certainly termed too lead to it seems to be a trustworthy vendor. And’s just truly concerning that folks are getting deceived like that,” Sgt. Warren stated.

In September 2020, James Kenton, who police say, is the operator of Tennessee MetalRoofing, was billed with Home Improvement Fraud immediately after a person residing in Antioch manufactured a criticism.

”The criticism came in that the gentleman required a roof completed on private residence. They went out and gave him a quotation and just after supplying him a quote they came back and just after supplying him the quotation they came back with a lot a lot more than what their first estimate was,” St. Warren mentioned.

”What we see a large amount is – these border on civil and legal, and not all dwelling enhancement challenges are a criminal offense. But we do have statutes to guard householders. And so, in this circumstance. It does meet the criminal statute simply because he was supplied the amount of money of time and he was entirely refused a refund of his down payment.”

Sgt. Warren also tells News4 that Kenton is no stranger to these allegations.

”During that study, we did come across details that other incidents had occurred in other states up the East Coastline,” Warren reported.

News4 achieved out to Kenton’s lawyer Joe Calvert.

”I do not know how the MNPD could possibly know who the owner of an integrated business enterprise is,” Calvert said. Calvert argued that the household listed by police had the alternative to terminate the career and they unsuccessful to exercising it. He also says that he’s still ready on documentation and evidence from law enforcement that displays Mr. Kenton is the operator of the precise metal roofing business.

”Show me the evidence. Alright, I assume they’re backpedaling,” Calvert explained.

Calvert also supplied the following assertion and documentation:

I connect the Tennessee Metal Roofing Inc. Certificate of Authority and the Stephens selection to cancel the task that they failed to exercise.Meanwhile, I await any documentation that displays Mr. Kenton is the proprietor of the particular Tennessee Metallic Roofing, Inc. company in any status other than a partial shareholder, facts to which the law enforcement would not have access. I would also want to see any evidence of ‘intent,’ which is required by the statute. We have a postmarked envelope with an undated letter attempting to terminate following the overall performance of the agreement commenced and the rescission time period expired. Additionally, I would like to know if the person at MNPD is a attorney with the authority to give lawful advice. In the meantime, we however have not noticed a adequately executed warrant, which indicates that the arrest of Mr.Kenton was de facto illegal.