(Smith County Insider Press) Gordonsville, Tenn. – On April 21, scammers tried to take advantage of an 82-year-old lady, Mrs. Sue Turner Hall, in Smith County. According to family members, a man approached Mrs. Hall’s home and told her that they could repair her driveway “cheap” without discussing a price first.
After performing minimum repairs to her driveway, the man gave Mrs. Hall a bill for $12,900, and she wrote home him a check for that amount. It was estimated that the work that had been done should have only cost no more than $2,000.
The man went to Carthage to attempt to cash the check at a bank. Bank personnel called Mrs. Hall’s son due to the large amount of the check, concerned that it could be fraudulent.
Hall’s son then called another family member to go to Mrs. Hall’s home to see if the man was still working on the driveway.
Once the family member arrived at Mrs. Hall’s home, he found a man trying to convince her to call the bank and tell them to cash the check. The family member started to question the man about the work, at which time he fled in a red ton truck with a dump bed.
At this time Lt. Detective Shannon Hunt of the Smith County Sheriff’s Department is currently investigating the case. These scammers have approached several homes in Smith County and offered to repair driveways. The Sheriff’s Department warns all Smith County citizens to beware of anyone that seems suspicious and anyone that approaches your home about providing tar or gravel repair.
One man that is part of the scam is allegedly named, Norman Broadway.
If you have any additional information about the scammers, please call the Smith County Sheriff’s Department at 615-735-2626.
