The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help locating Ramon Patterson, who is identified as being from Reserve, Louisiana.
The St John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office shared a post titled “Have You Seen This Man?” identifying Patterson as being from Reserve, Louisiana.
Anyone with information about Patterson can call 985-359-TIPS. The post also links to the sheriff's office's drug-tip form.
A Recurring Problem for Louisiana Homeowners
In Livingston Parish, customers of contractor Daniel Scott Tompkins told WBRZ that they paid for work that was delayed, incomplete, or poorly done. The outlet also reported that the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors suspended Tompkins' license and fined him in October for failing to provide requested records.
St. John the Baptist Parish has pursued this kind of case before. Authorities there issued an arrest warrant for Baton Rouge contractor Matthew Morris, who NOLA.com reported was booked on home improvement fraud, misapplication of payments by contractor, and insurance fraud charges connected to repair work on homes damaged by a February 2016 tornado in LaPlace. According to the same report, Morris was also accused of more than 90 fraudulent acts in three other parishes tied to repair work following the 2016 Louisiana flood.
Similar Allegations Elsewhere in the Region
A separate case out of East Baton Rouge Parish illustrates how these allegations typically unfold. The Advocate reported that a Denham Springs man, Andrew Darian, was accused of taking $1,190 from a woman to replace windows in her flooded home but never starting the work. He was booked on residential contractor fraud and theft of assets of a person who is aged, per the same outlet.
No such details about Keller's alleged conduct, the parishes involved, or the number of warrants against him have been made public. His current location has not been verified since the sheriff's office posted its request for help locating him. Anyone with information is urged to come forward through the tip line or the sheriff's office's online form rather than approach Keller themselves.
