N4T Investigators: First photo of alleged repair scammers

8 hours 5 minutes ago by Matthew Schwartz

Tucson - Now, for the first time, we see their faces.

A half-dozen alleged victims who contacted the News 4 Tucson investigators identified from a photo the two men who've been going around Tucson ripping-off people in two separate repair scams. One has identified himself as both David Lee and David Stevens; the other man goes by the name of Anthony Stevens.

We first heard complaints about them and reported on their unlicensed mobile auto body business in November, from 84-year old Annette Komaniecki. She paid them $1000 to remove the dents on her 2009 Buick Lacrosse after they approached her outside her foothills home. Instead, they spread some type of blue paste all over her car. Annette says the guy who did the talking weighs over 300 pounds.

"I guess I felt sorry for him," Ms. Komaniecki told the News 4 Tucson Investigators. We asked her, "Why did you believe what he was saying?" She said, "Because I wanted to."

We showed Annette's car to an auto body shop owner, John Campbell of Desert Enterprises. He said, "I've been doing this over 35 years. I've seen a lot of rip-offs. I've never seen one quite to this level."

Since we reported Annette's story, two more alleged repair racket victims contacted us.

Josh Adams of Rita Ranch posted a Craigslist ad after he bought a used truck with some dents in it. The so-called repairmen put a hole in the truck and in Josh's wallet, for $360.00.

Adams said, "Frankly I just want this guy to stop ripping other people off. He's a scam artist, there's no doubt about it.

Thelma Gonzales says the man calling himself Anthony Stevens approached her outside the Fry's store at 1st and Rogers last summer, offering to do body work on her 2013 Chevy Equinox. $120 later, her SUV looks worse.

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N4T Investigators: First photo of alleged repair scammers