Richard John Williams
Unlicensed Contractor

Williams was arrested on June 17, 2010, in Oklahoma.

VIOLATIONS:
Grand Theft (PC532), Elder Abuse (PC368d), Contracting Without a License (B&P 7028), Illegal Advertising (B&P7027.1)

KNOWN LOCATIONS:
Sacramento, Yolo, Lake, Colusa, Sonoma, Napa, Butte and Mendocino Counties

BUSINESS NAME(S):
"Asphalt Sealing Crack Filling and Patching"
"Richard Williams Seal Coat Contractor"

OTHER:
Williams had been living in a motel and operating in the Lake County area for at least the first few months of 2009 under the business name of "Seal Coat Contractor." Williams has a long history of unlicensed, illegal contracting and substandard work. He is currently out on bail after appearing in Lake County Superior Court on March 23, 2009, for sentencing on a prior felony construction-related case. However, since additional charges were filed following the March 19 arrest, Williams was rescheduled to appear in Lake County Superior Court on April 27. It is believed that he has left the Lake County area.

Williams has been arrested numerous times, including a 2005 multi-victim case in Mendocino County. He has operated his paving scam in a number of northern California communities and is known to have worked in Sonoma, Sacramento, Mendocino, Yolo, and Colusa Counties.

Current no bail and $750,000 warrants have been issued by Lake County.