The Mansfield police department in Massachusetts issued a public apology to a local contractor after advising residents and businesses to avoid contacting the contractor's roofing company. The police advised Mansfield residents to avoid doing business with Easton Roofing, labeling the business a scam, according to local television station Boston-25.
Chris Fitzsimons, who owns Easton Roofing, says his company was roped into a post by the police department exposing scam contractors, something Fitzsimons says he's not.
"After I came home from work last night my phone started blowing up," said Fitzsimons. "I got a text from a good friend saying, 'Did you look at Facebook?'"
The post in question was a picture with eight company logos, saying things like, "Can anyone recommend a terrible contractor?" Fitzsimons says he was shocked to see his name listed as one of the contractors to avoid.
"Once that hit social media, it just spread like a virus," said Fitzsimons. "It was out there and there was no stopping it. Claiming someone is a criminal and not actually fact-checking it."
Fitzsimons says the department spoke to his company and then launched an investigation, saying that before putting the post out there they hadn't reached out to him or his employees.
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