Sioux Falls handy man indicted on charges he didn't pay subcontractors

A Sioux Falls handyman has been criminally charged after multiple subcontractors say they weren't paid for services they provided him. 

Daniel John Hagen was indicted by a Minnehaha County grand jury this week on three charges of misappropriation of funds by a contractor and grand theft. 

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A Hartford couple contracted Hagen's business, Dan the Handyman, over the summer months of 2018 to complete a pole barn at a price of about $25,300, according to an affidavit in support of an arrest warrant. The couple had given him three separate checks over three months, according to the affidavit. 

The couple found out that Hagen hadn't been paying the subcontractors he hired to do the job, according to the affidavit. The subcontractors had put mechanical liens on the couple's home. They reported it to law enforcement in November 2018. 

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Law enforcement spoke with Hagen in January. When he took the job in Hartford, he owed money on other jobs, according to the affidavit, and had been using that money to pay for other jobs' earlier fees. 

Hagen is involved in other civil suits and owes over $50,000 for other jobs done or jobs he was paid for and never completed in 2018, according to the affidavit.

Email reporter Danielle Ferguson at dbferguson@argusleader.com, or follow on Twitter at @DaniFergs.