A Naples family hired a landscaper in 2022 to repair a yard torn up by Hurricane Ian. According to WINK News, police say the work was never finished, the landscaper disappeared for about six months, and the family held back roughly $100,000 they would have owed for the job.
Four years later, police say, he came back for the money. Christopher Cueva, 27, was arrested on Oct. 8 after Naples police say he left a voicemail telling the family they had less than 12 hours to send him $100,000.
A Hurricane Ian Yard Job Left Unfinished
Hurricane Ian left a long tail of repair work across southwest Florida, and a long tail of repair disputes with it. On Oct. 12, WGCU reported that a Naples cabinet company owner, Christopher Edward Kane, 60, was sentenced to more than five years in prison and ordered to repay over $308,000 after taking payments from Lee County customers for Ian repairs he never finished.
The family in this case hired Cueva in 2022 to repair landscaping that Ian had damaged, according to WINK. Police say he left the job unfinished and was gone for about six months. Because the work was never completed, the family withheld about $100,000. That is the same figure police say Cueva later demanded from them…