A 23-year-old Grand Rapids contractor man has been charged with felonies after allegedly taking funds for work expected to be completed in Leelanau County.
Deputies from the Leelanau County Sheriff’s Office were contacted in December by a family in Georgia, who were in the process of building a new residence in Leelanau.
Information from the victims were that they had fronted nearly $800,000 to a general contractor firm, Jenkins Estates, LTD. from the Grand Rapids area to act as the general contractor for their new home. Additional information was that work had begun by several subcontractors but had stopped because none of them were getting paid. Detectives executed several search warrants for financial records and interviewed several of the subcontractors from the job as part of the investigation.
