Long Beach Township Police Charge Building Contractor With Theft

Long Beach Township police have charged an area building contractor with taking deposit money from homeowner, but never doing any work, according to the department's Facebook page.

Brian S. Dendall signed a contract with the homeowner in October 2015 to do work on his Long Beach Township home and accepted a $300 deposit. But the materials were never purchased and no work was ever done, the post states.

The subsequent police investigation resulted in Dendall's arrest. He was charged with theft by failure to make required disposition, failing to register with the state Division of Consumer Affairs, failure to display the registration number on the contract and failure to display the cancellation notice on the contract, police said.

Dendall turned himself in and was later released.

Please contact Detective Patrick Mazzella at 609-361-2073 if anyone has further incidents or information regarding Dendall within Long Beach Township or Barnegat Light.

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