Santa Rosa Sheriff Issues Contractor Fraud Alert After Arrest

July 23, 2024

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff Office has issued a fraud alert to the public for 34-year-old Aron Carrillo.

Carrillo has been charged with grand theft, two counts of contracting without a license and failing to obtain building permits throughout the Florida Panhandle, Alabama, and Louisiana. SRSO said he operated under the business name Tres Carrillos LLC.

Investigators said Carillo took $19,000 for a job which required a contractor license and electrical license, but he also failed to obtain the proper permits and permit inspections for the job. They said he caused an estimated $50,000 in damage to the house he worked on including potentially damaging the support beams vital to the house’s structural integrity.

Charges are also pending in other Florida counties for similar incidents involving Carrillo.

Carrillo was arrested and is currently held in the Gadsden County Jail awaiting extradition.

“We are encouraging anyone who previously conducted business Aron Carrillo or Tres Carrillos LLC to contact the Santa Rosa County Sheriff Office with information related to any work conducted by him,” the agency said.

Comments

7 Responses to “Santa Rosa Sheriff Issues Contractor Fraud Alert After Arrest”

  1. none on July 24th, 2024 6:27 pm

    Sunbiz is a wonderful tool. @Bill T… maybe everybody can grow up and be as smart as you are. You are always on here trying to make others look stupid. Dang… do you ever ever ever show compassion for anybody at all?? LOL

  2. Diane on July 24th, 2024 2:04 pm

    Don’t just talk about it. Provide some useful information for those who don’t know how to look up a contractors license. Florida dpbr. com is the site I used after being scammed by a contractor that fed me a bunch of BS lies. If he wasn’t half way through the project I would have fired him. Believe me I will do my homework from now on.

  3. Bill T on July 24th, 2024 1:30 am

    @james:::and this is one of the reasons they got ripped off!! And YES you can do a check of his company and previous jobs !! Also the better business bureau has complaints on file !! obviously you don’t know the channels of checking out if a company has a good or bad reputation in and out of town !! You obviously don’t know where to look so you don’t think it exists!!!!!!

  4. Fisherman on July 23rd, 2024 1:09 pm

    Individuals like him are all over Escambia County.Home owners have to be very careful with who they hire.I pay for all material myself and permit and licenses and insurance must be provided.It may cost you more money so do your homework.These people will never get money back.You can’t get money from someone who doesn’t have any.There needs to be long jail time for these crimes but it won’t happen.Our leaders don’t care if you get ripped off as they are ripping us off everyday with increased fees and taxes.

  5. Brad on July 23rd, 2024 12:51 pm

    Well let me tell you from experience…if you got hosed from this guy don’t expect the state or county to help you at all… just look at the banks construction mess…they let that go on for years before he was shut down after he took millions from victims and businesses… they say there is a contractor recovery fund… well that’s a joke also.. you want get crap from them

  6. James on July 23rd, 2024 12:05 pm

    @Bill
    It would be a rarity for a private individual to conduct a background check; and up until now, a background check wouldn’t have indicated any irregularities.

  7. Bill T on July 23rd, 2024 10:14 am

    Must be a good reason why he never got permits or did things through the proper channels !!! Either way he knew he wasn’t supposed to be contracting jobs and doing more damage to the customers project!!! And why didn’t the customer do a background check on this supposedly good contractor!!! At this point this guy will be in big trouble with what he’s done !! Looks like jail time if convicted !!!

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