Bankrupt Sarasota business owner faces 2 felony charges

The owner of Sash & Sill, a Sarasota window and door company that went out of business and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy a year ago, has been charged in Charlotte County with two felonies related to work that was never completed. Todd Hoch, 47, of Nokomis, is charged with two counts of violating state law around “moneys received by contractors,” court documents say. 

Police contend Hoch accepted a roughly $21,000 deposit from a Punta Gorda homeowner but never did any work nor pulled any permits. In Port Charlotte, authorities say the same thing happened, after a couple issued a $12,000 down payment for work on their home.

In the Punta Gorda case, court documents say, Hoch accepted a deposit of $21,054.50 in March 2024 for a windows and door replacement project estimated at more than $42,000.