October 25, 2025
Caught Again: Fake Surveyor Arrested For Defrauding Homeowner
JOHNSTON COUNTY – A man with a growing record of impersonating service professionals has once again found himself behind bars—this time accused of posing as a licensed land surveyor and defrauding an elderly resident.
Cameron Elijah Hairston, 26, of NC Highway 27 West in Benson, was arrested on September 2 by the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office. He is charged with felony obtaining property by false pretense and misdemeanor failure to work after being paid.
According to investigators, the most recent incident occurred on July 8, 2025, when a 78-year-old woman from the Cleveland community sought a surveyor for a small property project. She responded to a Facebook post allegedly made by Hairston, who presented himself as a qualified land surveyor. Authorities say she paid him $625 in cash upfront, but Hairston never returned to complete the work.
An online search confirmed that Hairston is not licensed as a land surveyor in North Carolina, according to the NC Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors.
This arrest marks at least the third incident this year involving Hairston allegedly misrepresenting himself to gain access to victims’ homes and money. In May 2025, he reportedly posed as an appliance repairman on the Nextdoor app and is accused of stealing jewelry from a female homeowner. That same month, he allegedly scammed $802 from another Cleveland area resident while claiming to be a plumber.
Authorities say Hairston has previously lived in Clayton and Angier.
Following his latest arrest, Hairston was booked into the Johnston County Detention Center in Smithfield, where he is being held without bond.
The sheriff’s office is urging anyone who believes they may have been victimized by Hairston to come forward.
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So the guy is repeatedly breaking the law….. and a liberal judge or weak DA keeps letting them out…………the wheels on the bus go round and round
Liberal judge? These judges in Johnston country are republicans
Not all. Judges also rotate between Wake, Johnston and Harnett Counties so you’re incorrect.
And yet he was free to scam AGAIN. Our judicial system isn’t working because a certain political party doesn’t want it to.
@Mike: The DA and judges in JoCo all belong to a certain political party.
Folks our Judicial System is a TOTAL FAILURE. Victims Need to SUE the Judges/Judicial System & Then MAYBE They will Do their Job to PROTECT us, Citizens. We have GREAT Law Enforment Officers that DO Their Jobs, GREAT, Only to let Judges Let the Criminals OUT, to Continue.
Liberal judges let them right back on the streets. Stop voting for libs.
@Verdict: I’m pretty sure the DA and judges in JoCo all have an (R) next to their name on the ballot…. but you sheep keep voting for a PARTY instead of person.
“Liberal judges”, name one liberal judge in Johnston County. Johnston County is deep red… are yall forgetting that?
People crack me up! You think the problem is the judges because of their political affiliation? You have to be 🤬 me! The problem is the same criminal getting back out of jail! That’s the lawyers and prosecutors and the judge! Revolving doors they will keep getting out and doing it again because they can! The police do their jobs and they are back on the streets before the paperwork is filed! 🥲
He will be out tomorrow getting high and defrauding people all over again
Great job for joco getting him again. U can’t blame the judges or the officers . Repeat offenders need to stay in jail never learn from there mistakes.