Crime

DOJ Arrest Man on Contractor Fraud Charges Following Botched Job on Hurricane-Damaged Home

ST. CROIX – The V.I. Department of Justice (VIDOJ) executed an arrest warrant for a local man who allegedly misrepresented himself as a licensed contractor to perform work repairs to a St. Croix resident’s home.   Attorney General Denise George announced the arrest of David Valliere, 58-years-old on Sunday. No additional information about him was immediately available.  VIDOJ Special Agent Gisselle Quinones conducted the financial fraud investigation and executed the warrant for the arrest.  Valliere faces felony charges of obtaining money by false pretense, grand larceny, and embezzlement by clerks, agents, employees, etc. in relation to obtaining money for repairs to a hurricane damaged home that he did not intend to complete.  ?Magistrate Miguel Camacho found that there was probable cause to sustain all the charges and to move the case forward.  Bail was set at $50,000 and Valliere was ordered to have no contact with the witness and report to the probation office weekly. Vallie...