Missouri Attorney General files charges against Texas County man construction contractor in Camden, Lincoln, and Phelps Counties

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed charges against Carlton J. Curtis of Licking, Missouri, for violating Missouri’s Merchandising Practices Act in Camden, Lincoln, and Phelps Counties.

In a Wednesday press release, Curtis is charged by a complaint with one class E felony of deceptive business practices. The charges stem from Curtis’s activities as owner of Curtis All Steel Buildings, a construction company.

The charges from each county allege that Curtis took thousands of dollars in advance payments from consumers for the construction of metal outbuildings and failed to construct the buildings or refund the consumers’ money.

Officials report the victims are out $16,750 in losses due to Curtis’s actions: $2,450 in Camden County, $10,000 in Lincoln County, and $4,300 in Phelps County.