AG files civil suit against Wapak contractor

Apr. 5 — COLUMBUS — A lawsuit has been filed against a Wapakoneta-based construction company and its owner by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost for allegedly swindling customers. The lawsuit, filed last week in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court, alleges that Jerry Weeks, owner and operator of Grizzly Buildings, violated Ohio’s Consumer Sales Practices Act, Home Solicitation Sales Act and Home Construction Service Suppliers Act by accepting roughly $200,000 in payments from clients who said work on pole barns and other buildings was never started, never finished or was done improperly. A press release issued by the AG’s office said…