I-Team: Tree cutter reaches deal to pay back customers

By Randy Travis Published April 6, 2023 LITHONIA, Ga. - Some people bring out the best in others. That is, unless they’re a contractor who took your money and ran. "In the beginning, I just wanted to hunt her down, to find her, to get people around to yell," remembered Deidra Stephens, a pleasant, unassuming federal retiree who lives in Lithonia. In January, she would find herself doing something she once probably could never imagine: standing outside a Gwinnett County courtroom with other customers exchanging loud taunts with Don’s Tree Experts owner Angela Hodges. "I called her a thief," said Stephens. "Because that’s exactly what she was." FULL STORY: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/tree-cutter-reaches-deal-to-pay-back-customers-after-tirade-outside-courtroom