Samuel Neviel Arnold
Unlicensed Contractor

VIOLATIONS:
FAILURE TO APPEAR: ELDER ABUSE, PROBATION VIOLATIONS

KNOWN LOCATIONS:
Oroville, Butte County, San Francisco Bay Area

BUSINESS NAME(S):
Happy Roofing, H A & P Inc., H A & P Wood Roof Preservation, S & V Affordable Upgrades

OTHER:
Arnold is a repeat offender and convicted unlicensed contractor who served one year in the Butte County Jail after pleading to 6 felonies, including Elder Abuse, Grand Theft, Theft by False Pretenses, and Diversion of Construction Funds in February 2004 in a plea agreement that allowed him to avoid an 8-year and 8-month prison sentence.

Under the plea agreement, Arnold was to pay victim restitution of more than $70,000, and remain on probation for 5 years. At the time of his arrest, Arnold was on probation for similar crimes in San Mateo County. There is an active warrant for his arrest for failure to appear in court on an elder abuse charge.