Three Arrests In Contractor Robbery

OCEAN PINES — An Ocean Pines resident was robbed of $40,000 recently after leaving a home improvement project worker with a key only to return and find out a robbery had taken place.

The resident contracted with a local home improvement company for some home repairs. The resident gave the key to his home to the contractor’s employees and left. Ocean Pines Police later responded to a $40,000 theft report at the home.

“After an intensive investigation, we identified and arrested three suspects in this case,” said Massey. “The sad thing about this one is it was preventable.”

Most home improvement companies are bonded and insured and are clearly safe and above reproach. However, in some cases the employees hired to do the actual work in residents’ homes have not been thoroughly checked out.

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