CLEVELAND — A Cleveland woman's home was already damaged, and it left her devastated. Now, she says she and others lost thousands of dollars after a local contractor took off with their money.

“He promised me several times that he was going to come and do my home,” said Debbie Davis about her contractor, Jamal Carr, Sr. and his business, Proviso Investments LLC. She told us he replaced her roof after a storm damaged her house in 2023, but when it came time to redo the siding, it wasn’t getting done.

“The other check that I gave him was $29,000,” she told us. “Up front. I gave him the check that (the insurance company) sent me.”

Davis said Carr, Sr. kept giving her excuses as to why the siding wasn’t being addressed. “He even told me that if he didn’t do the work, he would give me my mon

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