>> TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM AN OWNER OF A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE COMPANY. HE WAS OUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WHEN IT HIRED AN OKLAHOMA BUSINESS TO REPLACE AWNINGS YEARS FOR TAYLOR MITCHELL PICKS UP THE STORY FROM THERE. >> IT'S BEEN MONTHS SINCE MORSE ENTERPRISES HAS HEARD FROM THIS COMPANY, OKLAHOMA CUSTOM AWNINGS OVER $3,000 FOR THE PRODUCT AND WORK. BUT THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYWHERE SINCE THE OWNER WAS PAID. >> WE DON'T USUALLY PAY UP FRONT. AND SO I TALKED TO HIM A COUPLE TIMES AND DECIDED THAT I CAN TRUST HALF OF THE DOWN. KEVIN COLBURN WITH MORRIS ENTERPRISES SAYS SHE PAID IN OVER $3500 DEPOSIT TO OKLAHOMA CUSTOM AWNINGS BACK IN DECEMBER, HOPING TO REPLACE THE AWNINGS THAT THE OLD SCHOOL CAFE IN QUILL PLAZA. BUT AFTER IT WAS PAID, SHE SAYS THE OWNER WENT RADIO SILENT. THERE WAS NO ANSWER. SO THEN I WENT OUT TO THE ADDRESS OF THE BUSINESS. THERE WAS NO ONE THERE. COLBURN CONTACTED NEWS 4 HOPING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WE WENT INTO THE BUSINESS LOCATION. NO ONE WAS INSIDE. AND ACCORDING TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, OKLAHOMA, CUSTOM AWNINGS IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS.
SO WE'VE GOT A HOLD OF THE MOST RECENT OWNER OVER THE PHONE. HE DID NOT WANT TO GO ON CAMERA WITH US BUT SAID HE BOUGHT THE COMPANY IN SEPTEMBER AND HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNERS CAUSING HIM FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. THE PREVIOUS HELPING OWNERS WERE WORKING MY BACK AND COMPETING AGAINST BEING. SO I'VE PATIENT WITH LAWYERS. ALL RIGHT. COME HERE LIKE STRICT BAIL. WE WERE BRIEFLY IN CONTACT WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNERS THROUGH FACEBOOK. HOWEVER, THEY SAID THEIR ATTORNEY ADVISED THEM NOT TO TALK WITH US. >> THAT'S WHO THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE AWNING COMPANY. WHY DID HE COMPLETELY CUT OFF COMMUNICATION WITH COBURN AND NEVER RETURNED HER MONEY THAT I HAD A MENTAL BREAKDOWN OPINION. THEY'RE BEING FRONT TRYING TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THEIR. BUT I'M IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE HE SAYS HE PLANS ON PAYING BACK WHAT HE OWES OUT WITH THE NEXT DAY OR COLBURN SHARING HER STORY TO WARN OTHERS ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AND ALSO WORRIED THERE ARE OTHER VICTIMS OUT THERE.
I WOULD LOVE FOR HIM. >> TO BE CAUGHT AND STOP THIS AND HE NEEDS TO PAY BACK THOSE MAY BE PAID CASH AND AREN'T GETTING THEIR MONEY BACK. >> LOOKING UP FOR YOU IN OKLAHOMA CITY, TAYLOR MITCHELL, OKLAHOMA'S NEWS 4, RIGHT, TAYLOR, THANK YOU. NOW, FORTUNATELY COLBURN WAS ABLE TO FILE A CLAIM WITH HER CREDIT CARD COMPANY AND WAS REED FOUNDER MONEY. SHE SAYS MOVING FORWARD. SHE .