BAKERSFIELD, CA -- The Contractor's State License Board has cited a Bakersfield man for various violations during an undercover sting in east Bakersfield.

Donald Ray Laverdure was among several contractors who were cited after investigators had posed as homeowners on April 30th at an east Bakersfield home. The investigators would ask the suspects to bid on several projects including painting, patio construction and tree trimming. Laverdure was also taken into custody for DUI and domestic violence warrants, according to a CSLB news release.

Nine people had been cited for contracting without a license. Six suspects according to the news release were cited for illegal advertising which is a misdemeanor.

The CSLB says among those cited were Frank Tirado, Jim Scott Meadors, Raymond Lee Rangel, Richard G. Palezyan, Heriberto Gonzalez Rodriguez, Julian Robert Baca, Wulfrano Briviesca Lopez and Librado Mateo-Mondragon.

For more information about hiring contractors log on to http://www.cslb.ca.gov or calling CSLB's toll-free automated line, 800.321.CSLB (2757).

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Undercover sting results in citations for several local contractors

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