BYHALIA, miss. – A craftsman shares his side of the story after a Byhalian woman said he cheated on her out of nearly $ 13,000.

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“I’m devastated. I’m devastated,” said Billy Terry, who owns Terry’s Handyman Service. “What rights do I have?”

Terry said Charlene Glover hired him to build her a wheelchair ramp, lay the floor all over the house, and make other upgrades, but he said things were quickly turning south.

“I get a call next and it was her son, Johnny Glover. He told me he was also a contractor and I charged his mom too much to do this job so he would do part of it, ”Terry said.

Terry said he was going to close a project and then find it was rolled back, so he started taking pictures of his work. In one photo, three boards are attached to Glover’s house. The boards are missing in our video, which was recorded after Terry’s last day at work.

“I told Ms. Glover what was going on. She started pointing out things that I needed to fix. I said I won’t keep fixing this stuff, ”Terry said.

Terry also said Glover wrote him a check for $ 9,000 – not the nearly $ 13,000 she claimed. And he said he gave her the check back. Glover said that’s not true.

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“He didn’t give me a check because I didn’t give him a check. I gave him cash, ”said Glover.

And the receipt we showed you last week as evidence, did Glover pay an extra $ 3,700? Terry said that was evidence that items had been tampered with, but Glover said there was a simple explanation.

“I told him I was going to take this off so you would know and I know I gave you the money and he said, ‘Okay,'” said Glover.

Glover said Terry hasn’t called her since his last day at work, but contractors reached out to do some of the work.

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BYHALIA, MISS. – Charlene Glover said she paid nearly $ 13,000 to Billy Terry, of Terry’s Handyman Service in Byhalia, Mississippi, to repair her home. She showed FOX13 a receipt that she said she had proven, but according to her, he cheated on her of her money and didn’t quit the job.

“I have a steady income,” said Glover. “That’s the money I get once a month. That’s money I took out of my savings and he took half of it. “

Glover said she hired Terry to build her a wheelchair ramp, put new floors in the kitchen, bathroom, and living room, and do other repairs. But she not only said he did a bad job, she said he wasn’t done.

“I said all you should do was remodel my kitchen, remodel my bathroom and close that porch and you didn’t even get it right,” said Glover. “He said well, you get what you pay for.”

Then Glover asked him to leave. We reached out to Terry to hear his side of the story. We called him and even walked past his house, but he never came back to us.

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Glover said she just wanted her money back, but Ronnie Gipson, assistant professor of law at the University of Memphis, said getting her money back could be an uphill battle.

“The question is, what can she fall back on now? She received this receipt, and the other thing she needs to do is get copies of her bank statements and copies of the canceled checks to show that they were cashed, “Gipson said.

Glover said she signed a contract but wasn’t given a copy. Gipson said it was a big mistake.

“She should have got a copy, and she’s entitled to one so that she can get a copy,” said Gipson.

Gipson also suggested hiring a licensed contractor. FOX13 searched Billy Terry on the Mississippi State Board of Contractors to see if he had an active license, but no results were obtained for him

“You want to make sure the person is licensed, but that’s not all,” Gipson said. “You want to investigate this person. If the contractor gives you a contract to sign, don’t feel rushed. “

Gipson said a crime may have been committed and Glover can investigate urgent charges by contacting the Marshall County District Law Office.

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