BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A Mandan man is accused of pretending to be a contractor and bilking a woman out of more than $130,000 for a home that was never built.
The Bismarck Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/1fpDSZQ ) that 49-year-old Thomas Zimmerle was charged Monday with felony theft of property and misdemeanor no contractor’s license. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.
According to an affidavit from Morton County Sheriff’s Deputy Cody Thomas, a woman hired Zimmerle to build a house outside Mandan in February 2012. From then until December 2013, the woman wrote a number of checks to Zimmerle for construction.
Thomas says not work was done. He says authorities have not been able to contact.
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