Contractors accused of stealing from condo owners on Marco Island

Article and Video Courtesy of Count On 2 News

By Alexa Santos

Published November 13, 2017

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Some Marco Island condo owners claim workers that were paid to fix their properties stole from them.

    

Many condos along the water in Marco Island still have damage from Hurricane Irma and need repairs.

Marco Island condo owner, Jeanne Wagner, is taking issue with those who have been hired to work on her condo.

She said, "My husband came home from work unexpectedly, and found an unaccompanied worker in our unit."

Wagner said her husband later discovered missing cash, binoculars, and their drawers rummaged through.

 

"I came down a few days later and found additional missing items like jewelry, some blank checks from my market account. So I filed a police report," Wagner said.
 

Marco Island Police said they had received several similar reports to Wagner's involving contractors and condo units, where personal property has disappeared.

The company working in Wagner's building is called All Clear Restoration.

A representative from the company didn't discuss the specific instance but said most accusations they get turn out not to be true, and that workers follow a strict protocol when working in people's homes.

Wagner disagreed.


"Every time I leave my unit, I hide things like my laptop, iPad, anything else of value, my purse. Even just to run downstairs, I feel like I have to hide everything," Wagner said.

Now, she wants to warn other condo residents to be careful.

Jack Arch, who rents a condo in Marco Island, said, "I feel sorry that somebody's doing that."

Another condo renter Michael Kusy said, "Of all the places I've been, I'm surprised to hear that down here. It's just a quiet, wonderful place to be."

So far, no arrests have been made. 

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