Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office Seeking Public’s Help Locating Wanted Person

THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN LOCATING A WANTED PERSON. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS REGARDING SUSPECTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WITH A BUSINESS IDENTIFYING ITSELF AS LAMAR CONSTRUCTION, WHICH JOEL LANE LAMAR IS LISTED AS THE OWNER FROM LEXINGTON, ALABAMA. IN DECEMBER ONE OF THE ALLEGED VICTIMS REPORTED THAT THEY HAD HIRED LAMAR TO CONSTRUCT A BUILDING. A CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES AND THE VICTIM SECURED A CONSTRUCTION LOAN AND PRESENTED A CASHIER’S CHECK TO LAMAR. THE ALLEGATIONS STATE THAT SEVERAL MONTHS PASSED AND NO CONSTRUCTION EVER BEGAN, AND MR. LAMAR NEVER RETURNED THE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY. AFTER AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION, A WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR LAMAR FOR THE CRIMINAL OFFENSES OF THEFT OF PROPERTY IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND NEGOTIATING A WORTHLESS INSTRUMENT.  SINCE THE OPENING OF THIS INVESTIGATION, TWO MORE VICTIMS HAVE COME FORWARD AND ALLEGED THAT MR. LAMAR HAS STOLEN THEIR CONSTRUCTION LOANS AS WELL. THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING. IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF MR. LAMAR, LAMAR CONSTRUCTION, OR HAVE INFORMATION AS TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF MR. LAMAR, PLEASE CONTACT THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT (256) 760-5757 OR 911.

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