Tracy and Matthew Davenport, owners of Davenport Extreme Pools and Spas, Inc., turned themselves in to two Indiana county jails this September on warrants issued for their arrests following an investigation by detectives with the Indiana Special Investigations Section.
The couple has been charged with multiple counts of corrupt business influence, theft, and fraud in both Floyd (September 25) and Clark County (September 21), Indiana, which is part of the Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area, where their business is located.
Authorities said Tracy Davenport was released on a $20,000 bond, and Matthew was released on a $10,000 bond.
According to Indiana State Police Sgt. Carey Huls, there were four cases against the Davenports in Clark County, where they took thousands of dollars from homeowners to build pools but completed no work.
'They're very upset and devastated. A lot of money gone. The pools never got built. Not even a single shovel was put into the ground for any of these pools,' Huls said.
There are also four cases in Floyd County being investigated. Police say that victims paid the Davenports large down payments for private pools that were never built.
The total the victims paid is said to be around $246,000, and it happened between 2021 and 2022.
But the Davenports likely took far more than that, in both Indiana and Kentucky.
Photo credit WDRB Invesigate Numerous lawsuits have been filed against the company. One lawsuit accuses Davenport of spending customer money on “lavish vacations to Las Vegas, personal cosmetic surgeries, a six-figure recreational vehicle, and the purchase of an expensive pleasure cruising lake boat.”
By some estimates, there were more than 60 families who signed contracts with the pool company and together paid about $3.6 million for incomplete work or no work done at all.
The Davenports filed for bankruptcy on December 22, 2022, after receiving payments and signing contracts.
Regarding the recent charges, Larry Wilder, the Davenports’ attorney, said, “We are anxious to have an opportunity to have a jury of our clients’ peers decide what the facts are and how they relate to the law.”
