A Gretna man was arrested Friday on charges of defrauding Hurricane Ida victims of $32,000 for home repairs, the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies booked David Jefferson, 46, with theft and four counts of home improvement fraud, after an investigation into five incidents involving his company, Re-Nu-It Restoration. The Sheriff’s Office said the jobs were not completed despite payments to the company, and that Jefferson is not a Louisiana-licensed contractor.
“Hurricane Ida was a devastating storm in Plaquemines Parish with many families experiencing a total loss,” Sheriff Gerald Turlich Jr. said. “Our community has been working hard to repair the damage to regain some normalcy, but Jefferson decided to take advantage of this unfortunate situation.”
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