Press Release: President of Triad Metal Carport arrested and charged
In early 2025, Detectives with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division began a comprehensive fraud investigation involving Triad Carports and Metal Structures, Inc., d/b/a Triad Carports, 1961 East US Highway 64, Lexington, North Carolina. Through the investigation over 25 victims were identified to have been defrauded out of money for work that was never completed.
This investigation revealed multiple victims started being defrauded in late 2022, totalling over $300,000.00. The Corporate president and majority stockholder, Jesse Allen Black of Trinity, North Carolina (age 52) was taking deposits of U.S Currency for buildings and structures that were never completed. On April 15, 2025, a search warrant was executed by members of the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office at Triad Carports, and Jesse Allen Black was arrested and charged with 25 counts of felonious obtaining property by false pretences. Black was placed into the Davidson County Jail with a court date scheduled for May 14, 2025, in Davidson County District Court.
Anyone who has information related to this investigation or who may be a victim of Triad Carports and Metal Structures, Inc., please contact Lieutenant C. Goforth with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division at (336) 242-2123.
