Unlicensed contractor accused of stealing money from jobs

Rolando Osorio mugshot. Credit: The Lee County Sheriff’s Office

An unlicensed contractor from Miami has been arrested for not doing work on a pool he was paid to fix.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested 32-year-old Rolando Osorio on Thursday for not delivering on over $750 in contracting work.

Osoria is accused of being hired to repair a pool cage damaged by Hurricane Ian and never working on it.

He faces charges for unlicensed contracting.

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