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>>> SOME GOOD NEWS TONIGHT IN
THE WAKE OF THE --
INVESTIGATION, EARLY THE SUMMER
WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE TWIN
CITIES WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN TAKEN
IN BY A CONTRACTOR ALREADY
BANNED BY THE STATE.
HER HOME REPAIR JOB NEVER
FINISHED.
FINISHED.
FINISHED. NOW, -- IS BACK WITH A
HEARTWARMING STORY ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO PITCHED IN TO HELP.
WE MET CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
CAN BE FULL OF SURPRISES.
>> WE ARE SEEING A WHOLE BUNCH
OF ROTTED WOOD THAT WAS COVERED
OVER.
OVER.
OVER. >>
OVER. >> Reporter: BUT SURPRISES ALL
THE MORE FRUSTRATING WHEN THE
PROJECT CONSISTS OF FIXING
SOMEONE ELSE'S RECENT WORK.
>> YOU NEVER FEEL WORRIED ABOUT
FALLING THROUGH A ROOF.
>> SHAME ON THEM, HOW DO THEY
SLEEP?
SLEEP?
SLEEP? >>
SLEEP? >> Reporter: HER HOME WAS
DAMAGED.
DAMAGED.
DAMAGED. LAST SUMMER, BY A BIG
HAILSTORM.
HAILSTORM. SHE HIRED THIS MAN EMMA MOSES
WAS WAS, TO DO THE REPAIRS.
BUT OUR INVESTIGATION FOUND
THAT HE WAS WORKING WITHOUT A
LICENSE.
LICENSE.
LICENSE. RECORDS SHOW HE HAD BEEN
ORDERED BY THE STATE TO STOP
CONTRACTING.
CONTRACTING. >> I REALLY BELIEVED THEY WERE
LEGIT.
LEGIT.
LEGIT. >>
LEGIT. >> Reporter: SHE ALSO DIDN'T
KNOW THAT HE WAS A CONVICTED
CRIMINAL.
CRIMINAL.
CRIMINAL. SENTENCED TO STATE PRISON FOR
FOUNDRY BURGLARY AND ASSAULT.
-- OF CHILD SUPPORT OVER 15 úYE
AND GUILTY OF WRITING BAD
CHECKS
CHECKS
CHECKS >>
CHECKS >> TORN DOWN AND PILED UP.
>> Reporter: SHE'S AS HE TOOK
HER MONEY BUT LEFT HER FENCE
LYING IN A PILE.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
>> Reporter: THE SIDING JOB
UNFINISHED, AND THE SHINGLES WE
ARE NOW LEARNING, NAILED ONTO A
ROTTEN ROOF.
ROTTEN ROOF. >> AT SIX SEEING THIS, THAT THE
LASKER WOULD ACTUALLY JUST PUT
SHINGLES OVER SOMETHING LIKE
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. >>
THIS. >> Reporter: -- SAW THE STORY
AND CALLED HER.
>> WHICH IS GOING TO REDO THIS
WHOLE THING, BECAUSE THAT'S THE
PROPER WAY TO DO IT.
>> Reporter: AFTER OUR STORY
AIRED, SHE HEARD FROM 15
CONTRACTORS WANTING TO HELP,
BUT FOR HIM, THIS HAS SPECIAL
MEETING.
MEETING.
MEETING. >> WE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. >> Reporter: HE SAYS HE AND
MOSES WERE FRIENDS. AND
OCCASIONALLY, WORKS TOGETHER,
UNTIL HE FELT CHEATED, TO.
>> HE WOULD NOT FOLLOW THROUGH
WITH ALL OF HIS PROMISES A TO
WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE.
AND SO WE HAD TO JUST CUT TIES,
BUSINESS AND PERSONAL.
I JUST FELT IT, AND I JUST
KNEW, YOU KNOW, IF I COULD DO
SOMETHING, THAT I MIGHT AS
WELL, AND I SHOULD.
INEXORABLY REACH OUT TO OTHERS,
CONTACT -- BEACON ROOFING
DURING MUCH OF THE MATERIALS.
AND JAMES HARDY DONATED NEW
SIDING.
SIDING.
SIDING. MINARD'S AND LOWE'S WILL HELP
LUMBER FOR THE FENCE PIT
>> WERE GOING TO NEED A BUNDLE
TO START.
TO START.
TO START. >> EVEN WITH DONATIONS AND
DISCOUNTS IT'S A HUGE
INVESTMENT.
INVESTMENT. >> I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL.
>> Reporter: INVESTMENT THAT
SHE DOES NOT TAKE LIGHTLY PIT
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE, THEY HAVE
GONE FAR BEYOND WHAT I EVER
IMAGINED WOULD HAPPEN HERE.
>> Reporter: SHE IS REPAYING
THEM IN CAKE AND HOMEMADE
LUNCH.
LUNCH.
LUNCH. BUT REALLY, ALL THEY NEEDED WAS
TO SEE THIS.
>> SEE, THAT RIGHT THERE, YOUR
REACTION TO THIS MAKES IT WORTH
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> TO
IT. >> TO KNOW THAT SHE HAS SEEN
WHAT GOOD CONTRACTORS WITH GOOD
HEARTS CAN DO.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT.
>> I'M SO EXCITED TO FINISH.
>> Reporter: AND NOW TO GET A
LOOK AT THE FINISHED PRODUCT,
THESE ARE PHOTOS OF HER HOUSE
WITH THE FINISHED ROOF, AND
SIDING, AND TRADEMARKING
SHUTTERS.
SHUTTERS.
SHUTTERS. THIS MONTH, SHE TOOK MOSES TO
COURT, AND ONE $15,000 JUDGMENT
AGAINST HIM.
AGAINST HIM. HOWEVER, GETTING HIM TO PAY IS
ANOTHER STORY.
ANOTHER STORY. AS REPORTED BEFORE HIS TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF UNPAID
SETTLEMENTS ALREADY.
SETTLEMENTS ALREADY. SHE ALSO HAS A GO FIND ME PAGE
TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE COST.
>> SO THAT PAGES NOT FOR HER,
IT'S FOR HIM.
>> ALL OF THE MONEY IS FOR HER
TO HELP OUT HIM AND THE OTHER
CONTRACTORS WHO DONATED SO MUCH
OF THEIR TIME.
THEY DECIDED NOT TO FILE
CHARGES AGAINST MOSES, HE IS SO
ORDERED BY THE STATE NOT