Cumberland Man Charged with Blacktop Scam

A Cumberland man is charged with scamming a couple in Garrett County. According to the Garrett County Sheriff’s Office 21 year old Asia Broadway of Cumberland was arrested by Allegany County Deputies early Tuesday morning at the Allegany County District Court building where Broadway was appearing for another matter. Allegany County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested him on a warrant from Garrett County. The charges stem from a two month long investigation. Broadway allegedly stole $10,00 from a retired Garrett County couple. He met with them in early October at their New Germany Road home and promised to resurface and blacktop their driveway. A contract was prepared and Broadway received $10,000 as a down payment. He then never returned to do the job. Broadway also did not have the proper home improvement and contractor’s licensing. He is charged with acting as a contractor without a license, selling home improvements without a license, failure to perform a contract and theft.