A contractor sees our Troubleshooters report on Tuesday, and calls, offering to help Virginia Almeida, for free. And sure enough, he keeps his word, showing up at her house Friday morning, and making the repairs he told her he would make.
A woman calls the Troubleshooters claiming she’s been scammed out of more than $13,000.00 that was supposed to go toward repairs for damage caused to her home by Hurricane Harvey.
A man thought he’d bought a fixer-upper house in 2017, but it wasn’t until 2018 that he claims he first found out the deal had gone bad. So he wants his down payment back, but the man who sold him the house and owes him the $, is making excuses.
A State investigation continues for the allegations of unauthorized grade changes at Coastal Bend College.
A bride-to-be is concerned about her venue of choice. She has an agreement with a man named Daniel Esparza, on the place at 4100 Up River Road. Esparza has been the subject of previous Troubleshooter reports, and complaints keep coming into our newsroom.
A retired Navy man says he paid a contractor a $6000.00 down payment to begin building a roof over the patio in the back yard of his home. 6 months later, the only work the contractor has done is put in 3 posts, and he maintains the homeowner owes him money. Sounds like this one is headed to court.
A 38 year old Kingsville man has been arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child. Rudy Ray Guzman was arrested by Kingsville Police on Tuesday, January 15th, and released on an $85,000.00 Bond on Thursday, January 17th.
A Corpus Christi man claims he took 2 vehicles to a mechanic friend of his, for repairs, in 2017. Paid him cash for the repairs each time. Here it is 2019, and the vehicles are now missing.
Agents with the IRS, FBI, Texas Dept. of Insurance, and Portland Police conducted an early morning raid of the office of Portland businessman Fred Rich. The raid was the result of a criminal investigation of Rich by the IRS and was done with a search warrant. Rich wasn’t at the office at the time of the riad, and no arrests have been made.
The name Daniel Esparza is back in the news. A woman says she worked for Esparza’s Non-Profit for most of December 2018, but was never paid. The Troubleshooters find out the man had been evicted from the property were he ran his business out of, before he hired the woman.
A Corpus Christi woman tells us about her experiences with Frank Jaramillo Junior, a contractor we’ve been reporting on since 2011.
On today’s Troubleshooters report, we’re going back in time for the latest on TS story about a customer complaint against Rick Castellanos of Rick’s Tile. A local homeowner who hired him has filed a complaint with the BBB and sent Castellanos a Demand Letter.
A daughter of the family injured in a New Year’s Day crash on SPID, talks about what she’s learned about the accident and her family’s conditions. The family remains hospitalized.
More than a year after Hurricane Harvey, and 2 weeks after our Troubleshooters report, a Beeville couple is getting a brand new floor in their home. And just in time for Christmas.
A Corpus Christi couple has filed a civil suit against Corpus Christi Subaru, alleging fraud and forgery. The suit stems from a contract they signed, but never received, when they bought a used vehicle from the dealership in 2016.
