10/17/2026
Below is the information shared by the complaint/victim from the horrid home build nightmare..
"Here is my original message
I advise anybody that is dealing with Putnam County to read the following
Allowed to share because the contractors attorney put their defense in an email to the victim to be put in permanent records for the AHAC meeting for October 28th.
Strictly sharing public record to benefit the community. .."
"Dear AHAC Administrative Handlers and Compliance Officers,
Please accept this email and its contents as a formal transmittal of evidence to be distributed immediately to all members of the Putnam County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) for inclusion in the upcoming meeting agenda packet.
As a disabled recipient of state-allocated SHIP program funding, I am submitting this comprehensive portfolio directly to the administrative record to document severe financial mismanagement, structural life-safety hazards, and civil rights violations concerning my home reconstruction project:
I. FINANCIAL FRAUD & DISCREPANCIES LOG
• The $53,000 First Milestone Fraud: Contractor J.A. Nichols requested and drew down a $53,000 first milestone payment on July 27, 2026, for demolition and tree removal. The house and trees were not actually demolished until August 3, 2026. This constitutes a fraudulent advance drawdown of public grant funds prior to completing the physical milestone work.
• The Contested $40,000 Foundation/Footing Draw: On October 8, 2026, right after walking off the job, the contractor pressured for signatures on a second financial draw for $40,000. The Antonio Jenkins approved this draw despite the contractor abandoning the job, uncompleted work, and zero receipts or photo verification being provided to the homeowner. Antonio Jenkins signed stating verification that the work was completed. Evidence shows that he falsely signed and approved that document.
• The Unearned Extermination & Tree Work Allotment: The contractor received public fund payouts( per change order including additional 20%) for property extermination work that was never physically performed. Furthermore, tree removal work was done under a change order which was paid out including additional 20%
II. STRUCTURAL MALPRACTICE & LIFE-SAFETY HAZARDS
• Foundation Pylon Discrepancies:
• Foundation Structural Defects: Verification records indicate missing foundation anchor bolts, a fraudulent fill-cell/grout milestone sign-off by grant management, and severe rebar destruction risks caused by unapproved drilling.
• Dangerous Electrical Infrastructure: The contractor bypassed licensing protocols by performing unauthorized electrical work. They ran a live, non-conduit 30-amp electrical line directly along the ground near water, creating a fatal electrocution risk. Active investigation through DBPR for working out of the scope of license for GC
• Utility Deprivation Tactic: The contractor intentionally left the property without running water and left the homeowner without power to the RV for three consecutive days as a coercive tactic to force the displaced homeowner off the land. Antonio Jenkins was aware of the situation and told me that I would have to find relocation using my own funds allowing this situation..
III. CIVIL RIGHTS & ADA ACCOMMODATION VIOLATIONS
• Disparate Treatment (Handicap Ramp Denial): Project consultant Antonio explicitly promised an accessible handicap ramp at the beginning of the project, but later revoked it, altering the site plans to a 10-foot stilt build with absolutely no entrance steps or wheelchair ramp, leaving the disabled homeowner with zero legal or physical access to enter the structure. Disparate treatment is verified: The county building department explicitly permitted to build handicap ramp for another resident in this county.
• Breach of Documented Medical Accommodations: The homeowner has a documented medical accommodation on file requiring all administrative actions, proposals, and communications to be strictly in writing via email. County officials are actively ignoring this to force informal, unrecorded verbal meetings to avoid a paper trail.
• Severe Property Vector Hazard & Displacement: Because the contractor left an open, abandoned structure and garbage on-site, a severe health-department-confirmed rat infestation destroyed the camper's flooring and insulation, rendering the temporary living quarters completely uninhabitable.
IV. PROCEDURAL MANIPULATION & RETALIATION TIMELINE
• Permit File Manipulation (Permit -000328): Immediately following the contractor's walk-off on October 2, 2026, the local building department backdated files and manually changed the active master building permit tracking file to "Canceled." This was intentionally executed to block the homeowner's online access to blueprints, structural drawings, and inspection logs.
• Administrative Record Purging: The building department deleted vital original documentation from the master property file after the county account was briefly reinstated, failing to restore initialed plans.
V. REQUESTED REMEDIAL ACTIONS
1. Complete Contractor Removal: Permanent removal of J.A. Nichols/Patriot Response Group from all county grant program registries and full clawback/repayment of the $53,000 and Remove the $40,000 draw request.
2. Case Manager Reassignment: Complete removal of project consultant Antonio from the housing file due to active bias, conflict of interest, and failure to report code violations, false accusations made, intimidation and blatant lies.
3. Financial Compensation: Full restitution for destroyed personal property, appliance destruction, rodent remediation, severe mental distress and unallocated relocation assistance funds.
4. Enforced Home Rebid: Immediate dissolution of the corrupted contract and a clean rebid process to complete the 800 sq ft home before the June 2027 grant expiration date. I have bid proposals ready to provide to you from other contractors. Even though Antonio Jenkins stated that nobody else has bid on this property and it's highly unlikely to find a better.
Vl. STRUCTURAL MALPRACTICE & LIFE-SAFETY HAZARDS
• Unlicensed & Illegal Electrical Work: The general contractor acted as an unlicensed electrical contractor by personally performing hazardous electrical hookups on my property. He bypassed mandatory building code permits, utility company safety checks, and professional standards.
• Exposed Live 30-Amp Line Hazard: The contractor intentionally ran a live, uninsulated, and un-conduited 30-amp electrical line directly along the bare ground. This active wire was left completely exposed near natural water drainage, creating an immediate, fatal electrocution hazard for me and my dogs.
• Unauthorized Well-Pump Hookups: The contractor performed unauthorized hookups to my property’s water well pump without my permission. He explicitly stated he was tapping into my electrical box solely to use my water supply for his operations, rather than establishing proper separate utilities for the construction phase.
• Administrative Failure to Enforce Code: Despite my direct, immediate notifications to project consultant Antonio and the local building department regarding these active life-safety hazards, local authorities failed to step in, issue emergency stop-work orders, or report the contractor for illegal electrical practices.
• Three-Day Punitive Power Disconnection: When I demanded that these dangerous, un-conduited wires be removed, the contractor retaliated by deliberately unplugging my power supply and disconnecting the camper's utility pole completely. This left me entirely stranded inside my temporary dwelling with zero electricity or running water for three consecutive days.
Per Florida public records laws and committee governance protocols, I demand that this complete Master Evidence statement be immediately forwarded to every voting member of the AHAC committee, placed into their active meeting agenda packets for October 28, 2026 (for which leota Wilkinson has approved my placement on the agenda), and permanently entered into the official public record.Please reply to this email to confirm receipt and verify that this portfolio has been successfully attached to the committee’s files.
Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Dawn Marie Honeycombe
Property owner
No. This is the information to the best of my acknowledge as it stands today. Things may change in the future while more evidence becomes present"
