Gilbert Krag Lewis Profile
AKA Krag Lewis
1994 Armed Felony Vehicle Burglary
1994 Burglary Residence Armed
2010 Driving while license Revoked
2012 Felon in possesion of Firearm
Pulled from Pinellas County
Public Records
Krag was hired off craigslist.com in Dec 2011 to repair a blown motor on my 36ft Trojan. He promptly showed up about an hour late on day one. About a week before Christmas he came back to the boat and removed my working parts leaving a cracked block in the motor bay. That day we signed a contract and he was given an $1800 check as a down payment. that was the last time I saw him. He never returned to the boat. He kept sending lies about the motor repair in his shop via text. I asked to view the motor nearly 3 months later. More lies and then I finally had to get the police involved.
We file a theft report since he quit communicating. The detectives told me this guy is a thief and is currently on probation. Actually, he just violated his probation and was in court during this time period while we were doing business
Krag Lewis finally returned my parts after much pressure for a very efficient police detective. He promised to return my money and of course dragged out promises for weeks just like he did with the "motor repair"!
Next I am off to small claims court......
This man will rip you off! I hope this can keep at least one boat owner safe enough from him.
Feel free to email me!
Have you been ripped off by this guy???
With enough complaints maybe we can put him in jail!
email-dan@zuckerandzucker.com
Oh, has this been fitful! Krag took $1,000 for us as a downpayment to fix our outdrive. That was Feb 16th, 2013. We employed his services because he told us he'd have the work done, and the boat completely detailed, in 4 days. And the boat was up for sale with a buyer who would pay the ASKING price!
Well, very little has happened other than he removed our outdrive and prop and exhaust manifolds. It was already a week after the deadline and the buyer was becoming impatient. Our broker was getting impatient. We were already impatient. Phonecalls and texts to Krag were unanswered. We found out thru our broker Krag has an arrest record as a Felon for various theft crimes.
When he finally returned my calls he gave us some doubletalk about being on a family emergency in St. Louis and his phone didn't work there, blah blah blah.
After weeks of back and forth bs with Krag I finally filed a police report. His assistant texted me on Monday, 3/25 that the parts would be returned that day. No such happening.
He cost us a buyer who probably would have paid $5000 over what we were asking. Plus $1,000 to our insurance company for the year. $1,000 to Krag and possibly our $4,500 in boat parts.
If this isn't resolved soon I'm taking him to small claims court for $10,000. What a jerk he is. We've been married for 40 years and have never been scammed but live and learn....
Rick
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Saw your site regarding being ripped off by Krag Lewis. My husband and I had the same experience. We gave him a $1000 two weeks ago.....now he's nowhere to be found. Did you file a complaint?