Romeoville PD Aids In Arrest Of Man Charged With Financial Crimes

ROMEOVILLE, IL — The Romeoville Police Department helped in an investigation that has led to the arrest of an Elmhurst man by the Will County Sheriff's Office on account of numerous financial crimes.

Edmund B. Kavanaugh, 51, who operates Goliath Construction, was the target of an 8-month-long ongoing financial crime/home repair fraud investigation. He has been the subject of numerous complaints throughout the Chicagoland area by many agencies, police said.

On Tuesday, the sheriff's officers and Romeoville police executed a search at Kavanaugh's residence in Elmhurst, according to a release from the Will County Sheriff's Office.

Kavanaugh was charged with multiple felony offenses for home repair fraud, continuing financial crimes enterprise, money laundering, structuring, and theft by deception. Detectives from the Will County Sheriff’s Office obtained a 13-count felony complaint arrest warrant in the amount of $500,000 with 10 percent to apply and Romeoville detectives obtained a 4-count felony complaint arrest warrant in the amount of $500,000 with 10 percent to apply, the release stated.

Kavanaugh was transported to the Will County Sheriff’s Office Public Safety Complex where he was interviewed by detectives regarding this investigation where he made numerous incriminating statements, police said.

After the interview, he was transported to the Will County Adult Detention Facility where he is currently incarcerated on a $1,000,000 bond with 10 percent to apply.

The detectives that worked on this investigation are certain that additional unknown victims of Kavanaugh’s home repair schemes exist. The Will County Sheriff’s Office is urging those victims, to come forward and report these crimes to your local police jurisdiction.

The Will County Sheriff’s Office, the Romeoville Police Department, the Illinois Department of Revenue, the Will County States Attorney’s Office, and the Elmhurst Police Department participated in this investigation.

Sheriff Mike Kelley would like to thank the participating agencies, the detectives, crime scene investigators, and the Will County Assistant State’s Attorney’s for all of their hard work, dedication, and determination during this investigation.

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