On July 31, 2015, William Walton III and Juli Ann Walton, his wife, were indicted by a Deschutes County grand jury for stealing over $700,000 from Jack Robinson & Sons Inc. and its subsidiary, 4R-Equipment LLC.
Jack Robinson and Sons Inc. is a general contracting firm that has served Central Oregon for the last 62 years. William Walton was the office manager of Jack Robinson & Sons, Inc. and he stole this money from his employer over a four-year period from January 2011 through June of 2015.
The grand jury returned an Indictment charging the Waltons with 48 felony counts of Aggravated Theft in the First Degree, Aggravated Identity Theft, Forgery in the First Degree, and Fraudulent Use of Credit Cards. In addition, the grand jury indicted on 8 counts of Criminal Forfeiture, alleging several bank accounts, vehicles, and personal property seized by the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office are proceeds of the crimes.
The Defendants are scheduled for arraignment this week in Deschutes County Circuit Court.
With 32 years of experience, Ron Robinson Jr., a third generation Robinson, has helped Jack Robinson and Sons become one of the most respected construction companies in the Central Oregon area. Jack Robinson and Sons specializes in large-scale excavation, commercial development, subdivision infrastructure, site layout and public works improvement projects.
Jack Robinson and Sons has acquired extensive knowledge of drilling and blasting rock for site development and utilities and has the knowledge, manpower and equipment for any size rock or dirt moving project.
According to their website: “Our long history has also enabled us to develop long lasting relationships with subcontractors that perform concrete, engineering, paving, fencing, electrical, and other various services so that we can focus on giving our clients the best projects with attention to value and timeline.”
Also owned by Jack Robinson and Sons is 4R-Equipment LLC. 4R-Equipment owns and operates 7 rock quarries, 3 rock crushers and 35 trucks. 4R maintains material sources in Bend, Alfalfa, Horse Ridge, Madras, O’Neil and Redmond. The diversification provided by 4R-Equipment has enabled Jack Robinson and Sons to become extremely efficient, and as a result, more competitive on projects and more cost-effective for its clients.
Over the last six years Jack Robinson and Sons has experienced tremendous growth with annual sales of $20-30 million.
