KevinW
04-13-2012, 10:14 AM
Anyone give work to Victor Decker in Freehold or Wall?
Decker owns 1st Class Auto Restoration of Freehold; First Class Auto Restoration of Asbury Park, and Perfect Touch Auto Restoration of Asbury Park, Freehold and Wall
http://www.app.com/article/20120412/NJNEWS/304120107/Prosecutor-Wall-auto-restorer-swindled-250-000-from-customers?odyssey=mod|mostview
FREEHOLD — Authorities on Thursday arrested an auto restoration owner who they said swindled two dozen customers out of more than $250,000-worth of repair work that was never performed.
And in many cases, investigators said, Victor A. Decker, a Wall resident who owns a handful of auto shops between Freehold and Asbury Park, damaged or all together destroyed the antique or classic cars in his care. Many cars were never returned to their owners and the authorities are unaware of their location, Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter E. Warshaw Jr. said.
Decker, 43, was taken into custody Thursday and held on $150,000 bail in Monmouth County Jail in Freehold Township, set by Judge Richard W. English. His arrest came as a result of a joint investigation by Warshaw’s office and the State Police.
According to a statement from Warshaw, Decker bilked about 24 customers of $271,000 for restoration work on their vintage vehicles, but did not perform the work for which he was contracted and paid to perform. Decker owns 1st Class Auto Restoration of Freehold; First Class Auto Restoration of Asbury Park, and Perfect Touch Auto Restoration of Asbury Park, Freehold and Wall.
Warshaw said many of the autos – the ones that were located – were stripped, significantly damaged or destroyed.
If convicted of the crime he was charged with – second-degree theft by deception – Decker could spend up to 10 years in state prison.
Anybody with information pertaining to the investigation is asked to call Detective Edward Finlay of the Prosecutor’s Office at 732-431-7160, extension 5838 or Trooper Michael Hughes at 609-296-3132.
The authorities declined to release Decker’s photo.
Decker owns 1st Class Auto Restoration of Freehold; First Class Auto Restoration of Asbury Park, and Perfect Touch Auto Restoration of Asbury Park, Freehold and Wall
http://www.app.com/article/20120412/NJNEWS/304120107/Prosecutor-Wall-auto-restorer-swindled-250-000-from-customers?odyssey=mod|mostview
FREEHOLD — Authorities on Thursday arrested an auto restoration owner who they said swindled two dozen customers out of more than $250,000-worth of repair work that was never performed.
And in many cases, investigators said, Victor A. Decker, a Wall resident who owns a handful of auto shops between Freehold and Asbury Park, damaged or all together destroyed the antique or classic cars in his care. Many cars were never returned to their owners and the authorities are unaware of their location, Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter E. Warshaw Jr. said.
Decker, 43, was taken into custody Thursday and held on $150,000 bail in Monmouth County Jail in Freehold Township, set by Judge Richard W. English. His arrest came as a result of a joint investigation by Warshaw’s office and the State Police.
According to a statement from Warshaw, Decker bilked about 24 customers of $271,000 for restoration work on their vintage vehicles, but did not perform the work for which he was contracted and paid to perform. Decker owns 1st Class Auto Restoration of Freehold; First Class Auto Restoration of Asbury Park, and Perfect Touch Auto Restoration of Asbury Park, Freehold and Wall.
Warshaw said many of the autos – the ones that were located – were stripped, significantly damaged or destroyed.
If convicted of the crime he was charged with – second-degree theft by deception – Decker could spend up to 10 years in state prison.
Anybody with information pertaining to the investigation is asked to call Detective Edward Finlay of the Prosecutor’s Office at 732-431-7160, extension 5838 or Trooper Michael Hughes at 609-296-3132.
The authorities declined to release Decker’s photo.