WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — A Warner Robins businessman accused of taking thousands from customers but not fixing their cars now faces 19 criminal charges.
A Houston County grand jury on Tuesday indicted Logan Simmons on 17 counts of theft by conversion.
He's also accused of exploiting an elderly person for allegedly cheating a man over 65.
He also faces a charge of attempting to commit a felony. The indictment says Simmons threatened to accuse an unhappy customer with theft of services.
In November 2022 and again in November 2023, customers told 13WMAZ that Simmons took their money but wouldn't make the repairs he promised.
Some say they waited for months.
One of them is Daniel VonLanken.
Last year, he told 13WMAZ that when he dropped off his Ford truck at Houston Automotive and Transmission, Simmons asked for a cash payment of $3,000 and said the work could be done in a few days.
Instead, he says he waited for months and got a truck in worse condition than when he dropped it off.
"Just got one lie after another, but finally the truck was took in, put up on a lift, transmission took out, but that's where it sat for two months -- up on a lift," VonLanken said.
Now VonLanken is one of the 17 alleged victims named in the indictment.
Warner Robins police arrested Simmons in November 2022 on five theft counts.
This week's indictment adds a dozen more.
And district attorney William Kendall says they're investigating one new case that's not included in the indictment.
13WMAZ reached out to Simmons this month. He declined to comment on the pending theft charges.
But he sent us a statement saying, in part, that some customers "are trying to take advantage of a small business's generosity.”