A former employee of a local construction company under investigation by the FOX 17 Problem Solvers says the business owes him thousands of dollars in unpaid wages and commissions.
Carter Stockdale wants to look forward to his future but the Holland native, who now lives in Florida where he attends a marine technology school, says it’s difficult to do that because of his past.
“I came down here to go back to school, something I never expected to do,” said Stockdale. “Ultimately, [I] would like to open up my own marina.”
Stockdale explains in June 2021, a Hastings construction company, Bay to Bay Building Concepts LLC, hired him.
“I basically started on foot, door-to-door sales,” said Stockdale. “We would go to storm-affected areas, where a hail storm had hit or big wind had hit, flooding, whatever.”
He added, “I had people underneath me who were door knockers. They would basically get my foot in the door, and then from there, I’d go in and I’d say, ‘We’ll offer free inspection; we’ll take a look at your roof, see if you’ve been affected by hail; we’ll see if you’re having any soft spots or anything’s wrong with your roof,’ and then from there, it turned into an insurance game.”