‘He just never showed up’: Florida plumber touting 25 years experience took $1,550 deposit, but was unlicensed

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — What started as a project to make a bathroom more accessible for an elderly mom turned into a family paying for a job without seeing any work and discovering the plumber they hired had no business taking the job.

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After losing her husband of 59 years, Sharon Shomaker moved into an apartment attached to her son’s Hillsborough County house. The only thing that was missing was a tub she could use.

“I have osteoporosis, 80-year-old Shomaker explained. “I have a lot of pain, and they said it would help.”…

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