THROWN IN JAIL. THAT’S NOT GOING TO GIVE ME MY MONEY. >> I’D LIKE TO SEE THE GUY
THROWN IN JAIL. THAT’S NOT
GOING TO GIVE ME MY MONEY.
>> HE’S SIGNED SAYS WINDOW
REPLACEMENT DONE RIGHT. BUT A
GROWING LIST OF CUSTOMERS SAY
THIS BUSINESS OWNER HAS DONE
THEM WRONG, TAKING IN THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM
THEM BEFORE CLOSING UP SHOP AND
JUST LIKE THAT SKIPPING TOWN,
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS WINDOW
COMPANY AND AND THEY’RE ITS
OWNER, HUNTER TOWNSEND.
>> HE’S A CONVICTED FELON WITH
A LONG HISTORY OF THEFT.
AND IN THIS DEFENDERS REPORT,
HE TELLS OUR DILLON COLLIER WHY
HE’S AFRAID OF HIS OWN
CLIENTELE.
>> A FEW OF THE WINDOWS TO
WE’RE GOING TO BE PLAYS LIKE A
HEATH WAS HOPING TO UPGRADE
THE WINDOWS OF HER HUSBAND’S
GARDEN RIDGE RANCH HOUSE.
WHEN IN FEBRUARY, THEY THOUGHT
THEY FOUND QUITE A DEAL.
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS WINDOW
COMPANY AND OWNER HUNTER
TOWNSEND AGREED TO ORDER THE
WINDOWS AND THEN INSTALL THEM
EARLY THIS SUMMER FOR JUST OVER
$8500. BUT AFTER THE COUPLE
RETURNED FROM AN OUT OF STATE
TRIP, SOMETHING WAS AMISS TO
IN. FIRST, I TRIED TO CALL AND
NONE OF THE NUMBERS WERE
WORKING. TOWNSEND HAD UP AND
KYLE TAKING THE HE STILL
POSITIVE MORE THAN $7300 WITH
HIM. YEAH, WE’RE OFFENDED WERE
WERE HURT.
BOTH WAREHOUSE IS LISTED FOR
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS. ONE IN
SELMA. IN ONE YEAR. THE AIRPORT
HAVE BEEN DESERTED. HIS SHIRTS
AREA HOME IS ALSO VACANT.
SOME HAVE SPECULATED THAT
TOWNSEND HAS RELOCATED TO THE
CORPUS CHRISTI AREA. A SUDDEN
DEPARTURE AS HIS CRIMINAL
HISTORY COMES INTO FOCUS.
IT’S A CRIMINAL RECORD SPANNING
NEARLY 20 YEARS AND SEVERAL
TEXAS COUNTIES AND INCLUDES
CONVICTIONS FOR THEFT MULTIPLE
TIMES FORGERY.
>> AND EVEN FELONY FAMILY
VIOLENCE. TOWNSEND DID NOT
ANSWER A PHONE CALL FROM THE
DEFENDERS FOR THIS STORY, BUT
DID SEND A SEVERAL TEXT
MESSAGES. THE 9 THAT HE HAD
COMMITTED THEFT IN WRITING THAT
HE LEFT TOWN BECAUSE OF THREATS
MADE TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND
THAT HE, QUOTE, DID NOT WANT A
DISGRUNTLED CUSTOMER TO
POSSIBLY SCARE OUR CHILDREN AT
OUR HOME. I THINK IT’S BELOW
ME. 73 YEAR-OLD VICTIM LEO
QUINN, EERIE ISN’T BUYING IT.
PEOPLE JUST WANT THEIR WINDOWS
OR THEY WANT TO RETURN TO THEIR
DOING HARM TO HIM OR HIS FAMILY
IS. THAT’S A LUDICROUS THOUGHT.
THAT’S A THAT’S A COVER UP FOR
WHY HE LEFT TOWN.
>> WARREN ERIE USED A DIFFERENT
COMPANY FOR HIS UPSTAIRS
WINDOWS. BUT THIS TIME AROUND.
>> HAD HOPED TO SAVE AROUND
$4,000 BY USING A DIFFERENT
COMPANY AND A DIFFERENT
CONTRACTOR REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.
IT’S A DECISION HE NOW REGRETS
NEARLY 5 MONTHS LATER, THE
RETIRED NAVAL CHAPLAIN IS OUT
MORE THAN $6400 AND THE LOWER
LEVEL OF HIS CANYON LAKE HOME
STILL DOESN’T HAVE NEW WINDOWS.
>> WE’RE NEARY IS AMONG THE NOW
MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE WHO TOLD
THE DEFENDERS THEY PAID
TOWNSEND, A DEPOSIT IN HAVEN’T
HEARD FROM HIM SINCE MANY
VICTIMS HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS
WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OR LAW ENFORCEMENT HOPING THAT
THIS FELON TURNED WINDOW
INSTALLER TURN PHANTOM IS
TRACKED DOWN IN HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS.
TODAY. TOWNSEND HAS NOT BEEN
CHARGED CRIMINALLY OR HIS
COMPANY FOUND LIABLE FOR ANY
OF THE ACCUSATIONS LEVIED
AGAINST HIM BY CUSTOMERS THE
PAST 6 WEEKS. EVEN IF I DON’T
GET MY MONEY BACK.
>> I DON’T WANT US TO GET AWAY
WITH THAT.
>> FOR THE DEFENDERS, DILLON,
COLLIER, KSAT, 12 NEWS.
>> AT LEAST 2 OTHER VICTIMS
SAY THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THEIR
BANKS TO TEMPORARILY REIMBURSE
THEM WHILE CONDUCTING
INDEPENDENT FRAUD
INVESTIGATIONS. OTHER VICTIMS
ARE WORRIED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
WILL TELL THEM TO HANDLE IT AS
A CIVIL MATTER. THE VICTIMS YOU
HEARD FROM IN THIS STORY
ACTUALLY TELL US THAT THEY HAVE
BEEN TOLD BY COUNTY SHERIFF’S
INVESTIGATORS THAT THE ELEMENTS
OF A CRIMINAL OFFENSE HAVE NOT
BEEN MET. REPUBLICAN TEXAS
WINDOW COMPANY AIRED
COMMERCIALS MONTHLY ON KSAT
FROM LAST SEPTEMBER UNTIL
EARLY. THIS MAY BEFORE TOWNSEND