Police say couple working driveway resealing scam
Police are warning residents to beware of a driveway resealing business which has reportedly left several customers holding the bag over the past couple of weeks.
“What is happening is these folks are taking deposits and then never showing up again,” said McMinnville Police Investigator Marty Cantrell of what police believe is a widespread scam. “We are definitely looking at taking charges against them.”
Cantrell said the pair, which includes a white man and woman in their early 20s, have been going door-to-door over the past couple of weeks, offering resealing work on driveways. Most of the victims have come from the northern portion of the city around the Skyline area, although the apparent scam is not limited to just that portion of the city.
“They are charging anywhere from $150 to $275 to do the work and then asking for half that in the deposit with no apparent plans to return to do the work,” Cantrell said. “They did actually do a couple at the beginning, just enough to get other people interested.”
Cantrell said the couple, in most cases, gives receipts to the victims which read Stamper Asphalt Paving and Seal Coating.
However, the Cookeville number is not a working number. Cantrell said reports from victims are starting to come in on a regular basis as victims realize they may have been taken.
“We took several reports Tuesday and once people read about this, I’d suspect we’ll get a lot more,” Cantrell said.
Anyone with information concerning the couple is asked to call Cantrell at 473-3386.