Kelvin's story first took off around New Year's 2019, when he made the news for not only scamming a woman with terminal cancer out of $19,000 but also leaving this elderly woman's home unlivable [ link https://abc13.com/scammed-by-contractor-hurricane-harvey-pods-repossessed/4996819/ archive https://archive.is/d0oW8 ] as a fake contractor operating under his "Certified Home Improvements" business. While some sociopaths would be content to call this a win and a little fun, Kelvin isn't your usual asshole. No, when he found out that she was going to the news after waiting months she didn't have for him to do what she paid for, he didn't just slink back to Baton Rouge $19,000 richer and lie low for a bit.
POV: You're an old lady, paid Kelvin, but then asked him to do work: https://archive.is/xot7R
No, a brave man like Kelvin stands up to old ladies when they get uppity. To quote her family:
"The contractor has been calling quite a bit. He's been texting my mother, he's been begging her not to air the story, he's been calling her and crying. He's been quite upset, even to the point where he asks her doesn't she care about his newborn baby."
And what did Kelvin do for this newborn baby that he was tormenting this dying woman with? Well, let's skip ahead a few months and we can see that:
1. The baby was the product of one of Kelvin's affairs
2. Kelvin left the baby and another child behind to
3. Free up money so he could "treat hoes right"
In addition to abandoning his children, threatening old ladies is also a pastime of Kelvin's. Kelvin first extracts an advance payment by soliciting an elderly woman, making promises, claiming he needs to "feed him and his crew" [ link https://www.buildzoom.com/contractor/certified-home-improvements-llc-baton-rouge-la archive https://archive.is/x4b2i#selection-1473.1-1482.0 ], and - relatively recently - will also draw attention to the fact that he renamed his business after the surviving and deceased daughter from his marriage. Once the first check clears, he will run off without completing the work if the woman is lucky or, if she is not, he and his crew will will putter around over the next few days, do a little work, and then demand another check or some cash for an unforeseen expense. If the woman refuses either then or when the third or fourth payment is demanded, he and his men grow increasingly nasty and - according to one review - even turn violent. My theory on this is that the threats and violence are not just a means to extort money from the elderly but also a successful technique to discourage them from drawing further attention to him and his crew beyond maybe leaving an online review. His [ doxbin https://doxbin.com/upload/KelvinHayesRobinsJr ] covers a number of reviews, including one where he allegedly said the silent part out loud: A woman claims "threatened to beat my husband and me". Other reviews follow a similar vein, for instance this one claiming "Kelvin Robins is dangerous" [ https://www.yellowpages.com/baton-rouge-la/mip/robins-tree-service-478883446 https://archive.ph/iEZko#selection-1695.25-1695.51 ]. As both Kelvin Robins and his business partner, Johnny Tolliver [ doxbin https://doxbin.com/upload/JohnnyTolliverstolefromtheelderlywKelvinusingKskids ], have no criminal records I could find, it seems like this risky strategy has actually worked for them so far.
POV: You're an old lady and Johnny Tolliver asks you to write them another check [ https://archive.is/kjtnC ]
As much as Kelvin loves his job, family does come first for him. Yes, Kelvin cares so much about being a father that he became one at 13. As he felt it unfair that just he should be remembered for what he did, he also went on to rename his company after the two daughters from his marriage and continued to do business under it even after one of his daughters passed. He created this Jay-Starr name using his deceased daughter's first name [ https://archive.is/TAloN#selection-1079.9-1079.12 ] and his surviving daughter's middle name [ https://archive.is/TAloN#selection-1579.1617-1579.1623 ]. Not only that, but he did this by renaming the same "Certified Home Improvements" company he used to rip off a terminal cancer patent to "Jay-Starr Construction LLC", then later to "Jay-Starr Tree and Landscaping LLC" [ https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_la/42106162K archive https://archive.is/IiPDL ].