Allan Jason Dean Howard: Con-artist tradie known as ‘JD Howard’ enters guilty pleas to 14 counts of stealing

A Perth tradie has admitted to stealing thousands of dollars in deposits for renovation work that he failed to complete after promoting his services on social media. Allan Jason Dean Howard — who used the Facebook alias JD Howard — met his customers through Facebook and accepted payment for projects that he did not finish across the metropolitan area. The 30-year-old pleaded guilty to 14 counts of stealing in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday, with Balga, Cooloongup, Mindarie, Stirling, Victoria Park, Kardinya, South Perth and Wanneroo listed among his victims’ suburbs. There were others in Piara Waters, Mardella, Butler, Como, Lake Coogee and High Wycombe. The court was previously told he had thieved cash and property valued at more than $26,000 from multiple people, with the largest amount being $13,700 on a single occasion. The crimes were committed between May 2023 and March 2025. Howard had one count of fraud and two counts of forgery with intent to defraud discontinued, for want of prosecution. He will be sentenced on April 22.