Tyler Stache, 23, owner of Stache and Sons Appliance Repair and Delta Des Moines Appliance Repair, was arrested March 17 by Polk County law enforcement on a felony forgery charge. Former customer Kathleen Bowers alleged he had forged her signature in a contract she never signed.
Watchdog previously reported incorrectly that Stache's arrest was in connection with another case.
In Polk County, former customer Chris Jones won a $4,076 judgment against Stache; his wife, Emma Ziegler; and their business on March 31.
Also in Polk, customers David and Kathy Bowers and Pam Hatfield won separate civil judgments against Stache, Ziegler and their business after Stache and Ziegler failed to make scheduled court appearances over the past month.