The Real Faces of Elder Abuse: CHARGES BEING FILED AGAINST ARIZONA REGISTRAR OF CONTRACTORS EMPLOYEE

We were defrauded and attacked by a bad contractor and the Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC) declined our complaints. The bad and dangerous contractor is Robert Freund who operates Palmer's Kitchen, Bath, & Beyond LLC and Palmer's Plumbing dba Ben Franklin Plumbing.

ROBERT FREUND

This contractor was hired in May last year to repair an under slab water leak in our kitchen. The workmanship did not meet code and there was intentional sabotage (a crimped kitchen water line). The contractor was operating with a suspended license since he did not have a Qualified Party overseeing the work. After the contractor was fired we received telephone threats from his employee, Derrick King, who demanded $7,000 cash, refused to return our house key and alarm fob, and vowed to get even by any means.


DERRICK KING

A Police report was filed and the criminal problems escalated until the court approved Injunctions Against Harassment against Robert Freund and Derrick King. Our local Home Owners Association in Sun City West, PORA, no longer recommends Robert Freund's contractor companies because of too many problems and complaints.

Complaints were filed to Registrar of Contractors (ROC) on January 17, 2014 and on June 30, 2014 our ROC Complaints were declined. The ROC declined us because we failed to allow the contractor access to our home at the time of the ROC inspection and that we refused to allow the contractor the opportunity to fix the poor workmanship. The ROC inspector, Stephen Lawton, denied the contractor access to our home. We had approved the contractor access to our home at the time of inspection since we hired a guard to protect us. We had the right to deny the contractor the opportunity to fix the poor workmanship because the contractor had his license suspended for nearly two months after we had fired him. He did not have the proper credentials to repair his poor workmanship on our job. Our home repair contracting job was started May 28, 2013 but Robert Freund was not qualified to write a contract for it because he had lost his Qualified Party on April 23, 2013.

The ROC inspector has lied on the few documents we received and lied because he was the one who refused the contractor access to our house and not us. The Arizona ROC is covering up this mess by failing to provide public documents as requested in our Public Document Request. The Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer, and other Arizona Officials are ignoring this Travesty of Justice.

OUR LETTER TO THE

ARIZONA GOVERNOR