{"id":3852,"date":"2017-03-29T10:40:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T14:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=3852"},"modified":"2017-03-29T10:40:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T14:40:16","slug":"fraudulent-sandy-contractor-now-a-fugitive-in-the-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2017\/03\/fraudulent-sandy-contractor-now-a-fugitive-in-the-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraudulent Sandy Contractor Now a Fugitive in the South"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jamie Lynn Lawson (Photo: OCPO)<\/p><\/div>\n

Charged with a slew of offenses related to unfinished Superstorm Sandy-related construction work, a contractor who authorities accuse of committing fraud upon multiple local residents is now a fugitive in the south, the Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Jamie Lynn Lawson, age 42, a Super Storm Sandy contractor wanted for fraudulent activity by the Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s office, has been a fugitive since Dec.\u00a014, 2016. He is currently under indictment for theft\u00a0and money laundering related to 14 victims of contractor fraud totaling $480,000.<\/p>\n

The Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office will\u00a0be superseding that indictment to include 34 victims totaling approximately $1.5 million, said Al Della Fave, spokesman for the prosecutor\u2019s office. Its alleged Lawson took money from\u00a0the 34\u00a0homeowners in Ocean and\u00a0Monmouth Counties and then did either no work or less than contracted services on\u00a0their homes, prosecutor\u2019s say. He allegedly used the money for vehicles and personal expenses.<\/p>\n

Lawson is believed to have been in the following areas since December of 2016:<\/p>\n