A local handyman has been arrested, months after he allegedly stole $500 and a pond pump from an Ocala customer after agreeing to repair her fishpond.
In early July, Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a residence on SW 64th Court in Ocala in reference to a theft incident. A female homeowner/victim advised that she had hired a handyman, identified as 39-year-old James Deacon Jacks, to repair a fishpond at her residence, according to the arrest report.
An MCSO corporal noted in the report that the victim had previously hired a different contractor who had failed to complete the repairs. After one of the victim’s friends posted in a Facebook group about the unfinished work, a woman – identified as Jacks’ wife – responded to the message and offered to “help (the victim) salvage that mess.”…