The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office charged 16 unlicensed contractors with felony and misdemeanor counts after a three-day sting known as "Operation Freelancer VIII."
A suspect is behind bars after fatally shooting a 37-year-old roofer and father on Oct. 20, and fundraisers have been established to support the victim's family.
A Massachusetts roofing contractor is struggling to restore his reputation after local police lumped his company in with scam contractors on a social media post.
The owner of George H. Richard & Son Roofing in Milton, Mass., has been sentenced in a Boston federal court for filing a false tax return that failed to disclose about $2.1 million in business receipts.
