>> IT SEEMS TO BE A CASE OF PIERS AND EMPTY PROMISES A WARNING TONIGHT FOR
PEOPLE NEEDING THEIR FOUNDATION
REPAIRED LOTUS WOMAN PAID AN
AREA CONTRACTOR MORE THAN
$25,000 ONLY TO LATER DISCOVER
MUCH OF THE WORK BENEATH HER
HOME WAS NEVER COMPLETED.
>> THE NIGHT TEAM’S
DILLON COLLIER HAS HER
CAUTIONARY TALE AND THE SIGNS
THAT SHE MISSED IT’S TONIGHT’S
DEFENDERS REPORT.
>> ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. I STARTED
NOTICING CRACKS IN THE TILE.
THAT
PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE OVER
TIME AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE
FOR ANGELA MORALES A SEWER
TESTS REVEALED THE CAST IRON
PIPES UNDERNEATH HER HOME.
>> WERE LEAKING AND NEEDED TO
BE REPLACED AFTER SEARCHING FOR
CONTRACTORS MODALITIES LAST
FALL SETTLED ON ONE SHE THOUGHT
COULD FIX EVERYTHING PEER
PRO FOUNDATION AND
OWNER-OPERATOR
MICHAEL SMITH AGREED TO INSTALL
DOZENS OF PEERS TO
LEVEL AND SUPPORT THE
FOUNDATION AS WELL AS REPLACE
THE PLUMBING WITH PVC SCHEDULE,
40 PIPE. THE COSTS ACCORDING TO
THE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT.
$26,000 MISS MAUL ALLISON
SMITH PRESSURED HER TO SIGN THE
CONTRACT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> TELLING HER THIS SIDE OF HER
HOME WAS LITERALLY SINKING
EVERY DAY SHE DIDN’T HAVE THE
WORK DONE.
>> IT WAS VERY MUCH TELLING ME
YOU’VE ALREADY SET ON THIS TOO
LONG WE NEED TO GET MOVING
ABSOLUTELY SCARED. THE ENTIRE
HIM AND NEEDING TO MOVE QUICKLY
ON THESE REPAIRS WILL ALICE
SAYS IN HINDSIGHT THAT WAS NOT
THE
RIGHT MOVE.
>> IN FEBRUARY WEEKS AFTER
SMITH SAID THE WORK
WAS FINISHED, A PLUMBER CALLED
DALLAS IS HOME FOR A CLOG.
THEY QUITE THE DISCOVERY.
THE DALLAS HAD BEEN TOLD WERE
SWITCHED TO PVC WE’RE STILL
CAST IRON. THE FACT WE
CONFIRMED OURSELVES LAST MONTH
USING A GOPRO CAMERA.
>> NOW YOU LOOK BACK ON IT DO
YOU EVER RECALL SEEING ANY PVC
PIPE HERE ON PROPERTY. NOW.
>> NO AND I THINK THAT THAT’S
SOMETHING THAT I.
DEFINITELY CAN REFLECT ON AND
REGRET THAT I JUST WASN’T AS
PRESIDENT ON SITE DURING THE
WORK DAY LIKE I SHOULD HAVE
BEEN.
>> OTHER RED FLAGS HAVE POPPED
UP SINCE THEN
BANK RECORDS SHOW SMITH CASH
CALL 3 CHECKS WRITTEN BY MORE
DALLAS AT ACE CASH EXPRESS
A PAYDAY LENDER FREQUENTLY SUED
FOR ITS PRACTICES
AND DESCRIBED IN A CLASS ACTION
LAWSUIT FILED IN LATER SETTLED
IN TEXAS HAS ANY LEGAL LOAN
SHARKING OPERATION,
NEITHER PEER PRO OR SMITH HAVE
BEEN IMPLICATED IN WRONGDOING
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FINANCIAL
SERVICES PROVIDER MULTIPLE
PEOPLE WHO HIRED SMITH
CITY PRESENTED THIS DOCUMENT
SHOWING HE’S LICENSED AS A
CONTRACTOR BY THE CITY OF SAN
ANTONIO. BUT A SPOKESWOMAN FOR
THE CITY’S DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
DEPARTMENT SAYS SMITH IS NOT
LISTED AS PEER PROS OWNER.
>> OR EVEN A DELEGATE IN ITS
REGISTRATION MEANING HE CAN’T
PULL PERMITS UNDER
THAT NAME AND THAT THERE ARE NO
CITY RECORDS ACTUALLY LINKING
SMITH TO
THE COMPANY. CITY OFFICIALS
HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REACH PEER
PROS REGISTERED OWNER AND THIS
IS A
TUNNEL ABOUT.
>> 90 FEET LONG AND TOTAL AFTER
MODE I WAS CONFRONTED SMITH
ABOUT THE PVC PIPE IN FEBRUARY.
>> HE TOLD OR AVOID SMELL.
BUT WHEN ASKED BY US FOR COMMENTS SMITH TOLD US AND E-MAILS 75 FEET OF PLUMBING
STILL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND
EVEN THOUGH HE TOOK FULL
PAYMENT. A YEAR AFTER BEING
HIRED THE JOB WAS NOT YET
COMPLETE. WELL DALLAS HAS HIRED
AN ATTORNEY AND FILED A THEFT
REPORT AGAINST SMITH WITH THE
HELOTES POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> WE VISITED HIS LISTED
BUSINESS ADDRESSES IN SAN
ANTONIO AND
NEW BRAUNFELS BUT BOTH
LOCATIONS ARE OCCUPIED BY OTHER
COMPANIES.
>> I FEEL SILLY I FEEL
EMBARRASSED. I FEEL TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF I FEEL ANGRY.
>> FOR THE DEFENDERS DILLON
COLLIER KSAT 12 NEWS.
>> NOW WE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS
TO CONTACT THE WOMAN LISTED IN
PUBLIC RECORDS AS PEER PRES
OWNER, BUT WE HAVEN’T
HEARD BACK. NOW AFTER WE
CONTACTED SMITH, WHAT IMUS SAID
THAT WORKER SHOWED UP AT HER
HOME IN OPEN TUNNELS FOR A 3RD