{"id":446120,"date":"2026-11-03T13:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446120\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T13:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:44:30","slug":"st-johns-county-sheriffs-office-arrests-contractor-accused-of-taking-36k-from-homeowner-abandoning-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446120\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrests contractor accused of taking $36K from homeowner, abandoning renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla.  \u2013 A St. Johns County contractor is facing criminal charges after deputies say he took nearly $37,000 from a homeowner and never completed the job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Steven Rounds, 40, owner of Incredible Kitchen and Bath, was arrested and charged with grand theft and misappropriating construction funds following an investigation into an unfinished home renovation project, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s Office. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Deputies say the victim contacted investigators Oct. 2, 2026, after entering into a renovation contract with Incredible Kitchen &amp; Bath in April 2026. Investigators say the victim made multiple payments totaling $36,875. Investigators say construction was repeatedly delayed, the company failed to communicate with the victim despite repeated attempts, subcontractors were left unpaid and the job site was ultimately abandoned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">SJSO Property Crimes detectives say they believe Rounds knowingly obtained the funds under false pretenses and failed to use the money toward labor and material costs associated with the project. The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office located and arrested Rounds on Oct. 27, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The investigation is ongoing, and detectives are asking for the public\u2019s help. Anyone who hired or paid Steven Rounds or Incredible Kitchen and Bath to perform contracting work is asked to contact Detective Maloney at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/11\/02\/st-johns-county-sheriffs-office-arrests-contractor-accused-of-taking-36k-from-homeowner-abandoning-renovation\/mailto:rmaloney@sjso.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">rmaloney@sjso.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 A St. Johns County contractor is facing criminal charges after deputies say he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[692,2238,116,118,117,5902],"class_list":["post-446120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-arrest","tag-contractor","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-st-johns-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}