16 Unlicensed Contractors Arrested, Charged: Manatee County Sheriff

MANATEE COUNTY, FL — Sixteen unlicensed contractors were arrested in an undercover sting operation April 23-25, according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Two additional people were issued citations and another received a summons.
In total, 49 charges related to failure to obtain workers’ compensation coverage and unlicensed contracting were issued, the agency said.
The following individuals were arrested and their charges:

• Brennan Fleet Tanner, 31, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing, engage in contractor business w/o certification-electrical.
• Blaine Michael Benson, 31, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing, engage in contractor business w/o certification-electrical.
• Francis E Jakubajtys, 58, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing, engage in contractor business w/o certification-electrical.
• Andrew Clayton Sampson, 42, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing, engage in contractor business w/o certification-electrical.
• Paul Roy Slaughter III, 39, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing, engage in contractor business w/o certification-electrical.
• Aryam Garcia Bellido De Luna, 25, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing, engage in contractor business without certification-electrical.
• Troy Childs, 55, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing, engage in contractor business w/o certification-electrical.
• Pedro Antonio Laureano, 48, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing, engage in contractor business w/o certification-electrical.
• Kerry Curtis Lee, 60, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing.
• Oscar Antonio Figueroa Zelaya, 52, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing, engage in contractor business w/o certification-electrical.
• Luis A. Rosario, 42, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing, engage in contractor business w/o certification-electrical.
• Christopher Valentin, 42, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing, engage in contractor business w/o certification-electrical.
• Nicholas Joseph Austine, 54, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing.
• Kim Gordon Mcnulty, 40, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage.
• Sergio Vargas-Olayo, 50, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing, engage in contractor business without certification-electrical.
• Alan Hart, 40, failure to secure workers comp insurance coverage, engage in contractor business without certification-plumbing, engage in contractor business without certification-electrical, driving while license suspended.