Podcast: Mulch money disputes lead to arrest warrant for landscaper| Behind the Investigation
Customers say they paid for yard work that never happened — now the landscaper is facing legal trouble and promising to pay up.
ROSWELL, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Roswell Police issued an arrest warrant for the former owner of a metro Atlanta pine straw business.
Grant Frerking, 26, is alleged to have taken upfront payments for pine straw and mulch but never delivered the goods.
Frerking, an Atlanta native who now lives in Nashville, is a former walk-on wide receiver for the University of Tennessee. He is also known for starting a ground cover business while he was a teenager in Atlanta called Metro Straw.
According to Frerking’s LinkedIn profile, he sold Metro Straw in 2021. Customers claim to have paid Frerking for landscaping services after seeing him advertise on social media. Some say they never received service. Others say Frerking gave them excuses over text as to why he couldn’t complete the work.
Frerking is the subject of multiple police reports across the metro Atlanta area and is now facing allegations from more than two dozen customers.
Following the initial Atlanta News First investigation, Frerking began issuing refunds to some customers.
Authorities said Frerking has agreed to surrender himself, but he did not provide a date.
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