Contractor accused of scamming people by not finishing work

A Billings man has been accused of stealing more than $13,000 from four Havre residents by taking payments to repair their homes and not completing the work.

Wesley D. Bartz Jr., 31, was charged Wednesday in state District Court in Havre with three felony counts of theft and one misdemeanor count of theft.

According to the charging document, Bartz used the sales agreement of a defunct company to sign contracts with the four victims, asked for down payments, and either partially completed the work or performed no work at all.

The Havre Police Department and Hill County Sheriff's Office began in...