Clarksville NowWilliam James Coffee, charged with theft on Dec. 2. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Investigators with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office have charged a local contractor with theft after a customer claimed to have paid him $9,000 for a storage shed in April of 2020 that was never built. William James Coffee, 48, was paid $9,000 as a down payment in April by a customer who wanted a 16-by-16-foot storage building constructed at their residence, according to court records obtained by Clarksville Now. By September, the records allege Coffee made “numerous delays, reschedules, extensions and excuses” as to why he had not started construction.