Johnston County Man Faces Felony Charges In RV Fraud Case
CLAYTON, N.C. — A Clayton-area mechanic has been charged after Johnston County authorities said he accepted thousands of dollars to repair a customer’s motor home, then allegedly sold the vehicle without the owner’s knowledge.
Justin Dale Sampson, 38, of Clark Pond Road, was arrested July 9 by the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office.
Sampson is charged with felony conversion and felony obtaining property by false pretense.
According to investigators, the case began in June 2021 when the owner of a 2005 motor home paid Sampson approximately $6,473 to complete repairs on the RV.
Nearly five years later, in May 2026, the owner reportedly attempted to locate the motor home but was unable to find it.
Detectives allege Sampson had sold the RV to an unsuspecting out-of-state buyer without the owner’s authorization.
The motor home has since been recovered, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities said the criminal investigation remains ongoing.
Following his arrest, Sampson was released from the Johnston County Detention Center after posting a $10,000 secured bond.
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Wish I could get my money back. SMH.
Owner was about four years ten months too patient.
So he has this RV four years they left the vehicle with this man and never checked to see if he was still working on it?
What something doesn’t make sense here?
fishy
Somebody call Paul Harvey Jr, there’s more to this story
Yea it all sounds really questionable but regardless the mechanics *** was in the wrong…
Well let’s see what 5 years worth of storage costs……. Just sayin’.
I had him to work on a vehicle and that rv was there and he was living in the da*n thing bc he had no other place to go and had lost his home. It was in the same neighborhood but down the street in someone’s yard that was letting him use a shop they had to work out of. I found all this out when I picked up my vehicle thru conversation about the rv. He also had my sisters vehicle that she had given him $1400 to repair that a few weeks later she just went and picked back up because he stopped replying to her. He promised to give her the money back but never did. I was getting **** vibes from him when I picked mine up so I warned my sister and never used him again. The guy was a good mechanic but definitely had a lot of personal issues and demons on his back.
So the mechanic is supposed to store the rv for 5 f***ing years waiting for this guy to pick it up and finish paying??
How is it fraud when he wasn’t the one who sold it? And he completed all the work except the windshield because it was previously wrecked when it came there and they couldn’t get one to fit correctly?