A Jefferson County contractor was convicted of multiple felonies this week after hiring unlicensed workers who exposed an Arvada neighborhood to asbestos. Lance Slayton was paid more than $70,000 to fix up a fire-damaged unit and abate asbestos at an 82-year-old’s fourplex rental property in 2022, according to a news release from the state attorney general’s office. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Colorado funeral home owners who let nearly 190 bodies decay plead guilty to corpse abuse Crime and Public Safety | Phone scammers are impersonating Denver sheriff deputies, officials say Crime and Public Safety | Denver-area man sentenced to five years for $300M telemarketing scheme Crime and Public Safety | Denver couple sentenced to prison, $20 million in fines for wire fraud Crime and Public Safety | UCHealth to pay $23 million to settle federal lawsuit over billing fraud allegations State investigators later found that Slayton’s companies improperly removed and dumped the cancer-causing insulator, endangering workers and residents.