OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — A mobile mechanic does not work behind a counter. They stand in your driveway. They walk into your garage. They are alone on your property while you are inside the house — sometimes for hours, sometimes during after-school hours when children are home. The job has built into it a level of access that almost no other service trade requires.
That is the context in which Oklahoma residents need to know about Craig Henry Bondy Jr., owner-operator of C&J Mobile Mechanic & Auto Repair of Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma County court record is unambiguous: Bondy was tried by a jury, convicted of crimes against a child, and lost every appeal he filed. His business continues to operate, and continues to send mechanics into Oklahoma City homes today.
The Business
C&J started as a mobile-only operation and over time added a fixed location at 1801 S. Jordan Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73129, while continuing to dispatch mobile service. Bondy markets it as the "top rated mobile automotive service provider" in the Oklahoma City metro and frequently cites his Google review count of 200+ as proof of customer satisfaction.
The same operator also runs a second brand at the same address — C&J Performance & Automotive — pitched as the budget-build and restoration side of the operation. A corporate entity, C & J Enterprises, Inc., appears in Better Business Bureau records tied to the same operation.
The contact details are public:
- Address: 1801 S. Jordan Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73129
- Phone: (405) 305-2184
- Owner-operator: Craig Henry Bondy Jr.
The Court Record
This is not a rumor. This is not an internet allegation. This is the Oklahoma County District Court's own docket.
State of Oklahoma v. Bondy, Craig Henry Jr. — Case Number CF-1996-368.
Filed January 19, 1996. Six counts charged, all stemming from an offense date of September 30, 1991. Jury trial held February 10–14, 1997, before Judge William R. Burkett. Verdict, February 14, 1997:
- Counts 1, 2, 3: Rape in the First Degree by Instrumentation — acquitted.
- Count 4: Indecent or Lewd Acts with a Child Under 16 (21 O.S. § 1123) — CONVICTED. 15 years.
- Count 5: Indecent or Lewd Acts with a Child Under 16 — CONVICTED. 15 years.
- Count 6: Indecent Exposure — acquitted.
A jury of twelve people, after a five-day trial, found Craig Henry Bondy Jr. guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of two separate felony sex offenses against a child and recommended a fifteen-year sentence on each count.
He appealed. Three times. He lost each one.
- F-1997-236 — Direct appeal to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Affirmed June 5, 1998. Mandate issued June 26, 1998.
- PC-1999-1180 — Application for Post-Conviction Relief. Denied at the trial level (Judge Jerry D. Bass, July 30, 1999). Affirmed on appeal November 4, 1999.
- MA-1999-1080 — Petition for Writ of Mandamus on the same case. Denied August 27, 1999.
An Amended Judgment & Sentence was entered in the case on March 21, 2002. The conviction has never been vacated. The court record stands today exactly as the jury delivered it in 1997.
This is the operator who comes to your house.
A Protective Order, Filed Weeks Before the Criminal Warrant
The criminal case did not appear out of nowhere. The same court system records a Domestic Abuse Protective Order petition — PO-1995-3291 — filed by Bondy's then-wife on December 27, 1995, with a temporary order served on Bondy on January 3, 1996. The criminal warrant in CF-1996-368 was issued shortly afterward, in the same three-week window.
These cases are filed separately, but they sit next to each other in the public record, and any review of who Craig Henry Bondy Jr. was in late 1995 and early 1996 has to acknowledge both.
Why a Conviction Like This Matters for a Mobile Mechanic Specifically
Even with a fixed shop address, the C&J operation continues to dispatch mobile mechanics to customer driveways, side yards, and garages. The model, by its nature, requires:
- Access to private residential property during mobile calls
- Time spent unsupervised while customers go inside, attend to children, or take work calls
- Repeat scheduling that builds familiarity faster than most homeowners ever do background research
- Proximity to families during after-school hours, weekends, and other times children are home
A bay mechanic at a strip-mall shop works on cameras, surrounded by coworkers, in a commercial zone. A mobile mechanic pulling into your driveway is one person, alone, on your property, often with nobody else around. The two jobs are not the same job.
For an operator with two felony convictions for sex crimes against a child, the structure of the mobile-mechanic model is a problem in a way it never could be for a fixed shop.
A criminal record is not a guess. It is not a rumor. It is the considered finding of a jury after a five-day trial, twice tested on appeal, never disturbed. Customers — especially parents — have an unambiguous right to know it before they hand over their keys and turn their backs.
The "Ben Calevah" Defender — Almost Certainly Bondy Himself
In the wake of prior coverage, a long message arrived at Ethical Mechanic from an account using the name Ben Calevah, email bnclvh@gmail.com. A few facts about that name:
- The email handle
bnclvhis the name "Ben Calevah" with the vowels removed — a cipher style consistent with someone constructing a persona, not someone using a real account. - A Facebook page in the name "Ben Calevah" exists publicly and lists itself as the owner of C&J Mobile Mechanic Service.
- A TikTok account at
@bencalevahhas existed since at least 2023 and describes its operator as "a gearhead, chess and pool player, business owner, dog owner, Libertarian, and Jew" — descriptors compatible with Bondy's demographic profile. - No verifiable separate person by the name Ben Calevah has been found in any Oklahoma court record, business filing, news source, or social search.
Ethical Mechanic's working position: Ben Calevah is an alias for Craig Henry Bondy Jr.
A few lines from that message — read knowing they were written by the man defending his own conviction:
"none of this good matters because of something that allegedly happened 25 years ago"
A two-count jury conviction for sex offenses against a child, affirmed three times on appeal, described in his own words as "something that allegedly happened." That is the operator's own framing of the case.
"He has no family. His customers are his family."
A man with no family describing his customer base — which, in the mobile-mechanic model, includes children — as his family.
"his 5 employees (a female tech, a Dominican tech, a Puerto Rican mechanic, two LGBTQ apprentices that he pays to learn ...)"
The defense leans on listing employees by gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation — as if those categories themselves are credentials.
"One last fact. Nobody else in the shop is allowed to clean the toilet but him."
This is the closing line of the message. Offered, with no apparent irony, as a final argument for Bondy's character.
We are publishing these excerpts as on-the-record correspondence sent to a consumer-protection publication. We are not publishing the full message and we are not engaging with its other claims about the underlying case. The court record is the record. A jury already ruled.
Customer Complaints, BBB Record, and a Pending Negligence Lawsuit
The criminal record is not the only documented concern about C&J Mobile Mechanic. The shop's operation has accumulated additional public-record material worth weighing.
Better Business Bureau. C&J Mobile Mechanics and Automotive Repairs is not BBB accredited and carries a C+ rating, with a documented failure to respond to a formal complaint filed against the business. A related profile under C & J Enterprises, Inc. ties the same operation to a corporate entity on file.
An 88-year-old man and a 1953 Chevy. A complaint posted in January 2024 by reviewer Connie Northcott alleges that Bondy took $1,000 from her 88-year-old father for work on a 1953 Chevy, took possession of the vehicle the prior June, and as of the complaint had returned neither the money nor the car. The complaint accuses Bondy of taking advantage of the elderly.
A brake-job safety incident. A separate customer report describes a brake service after which three lug nuts on the driver-side wheel and two on the passenger-side wheel were "barely finger tight." The customer discovered the issue when their steering wheel kept shaking and they took the car to a tire shop. Loose lug nuts at highway speed can cause a wheel separation — a near-miss for a fatality-class incident.
A pending negligence lawsuit — with a sworn process-server finding that Bondy was evading service. Case CJ-2026-1382 — Wesley Early v. Craig Bondy — is an open auto-negligence civil suit filed in Oklahoma County District Court on February 23, 2026. The Petition alleges that Bondy's negligence caused personal injuries to the Plaintiff on or about November 21, 2025, and seeks damages in excess of $75,000.00.
When the Plaintiff's counsel tried to serve Bondy with the lawsuit, the court-licensed process server (Brandon Snider LLC, ABL # PSS-2025-41) returned a Proof of Service on April 1, 2026, marking the defendant "Not Found" and writing the following under penalty of perjury:
"Craig Bondy Avoiding Service and never home at 2908 SE 57th St, OKC, OK"
Plaintiff's counsel then filed an Affidavit and Motion to Serve by Publication on April 8, 2026, supported by an averment that — after additional diligent internet search — no other address for Bondy could be located. The court granted the motion on April 21, 2026, ordering service by publication. The Service of Summons by Publication Notice ran three consecutive weeks in The Journal Record of Oklahoma City — on April 24, May 1, and May 8, 2026. Bondy must file an Answer to the Petition on or before June 8, 2026, or default judgment will be entered against him in favor of the Plaintiff. Plaintiff's counsel is Greg S. Mitchell of Babbit, Mitchell & Ogle, P.L.L.C.
Earlier small-claims case. Case SC-2025-13877 — Tonya Anglin v. Craig H. Bondy and C&J Automotive — was a small-claims dispute over $1,958 filed July 2025. Judgment was entered for Bondy on September 3, 2025; the plaintiff appeared without counsel.
Other customer reports. Reviewer Sherry Tomsin documented that "Craig gets rude with customers and reprimands his employees in front of customers" — a pattern that surfaces in multiple low-rated reviews. A separate customer reported a CV-axle replacement that took roughly a month and a half, with the customer having to "basically beg to get my car back."
These are not court findings. They are dated, named, public customer accounts on review platforms — and one of them is a pending lawsuit. They speak to how this shop operates today.
The 200-Plus Reviews — and a Different Story Underneath Them
C&J Mobile Mechanic markets itself heavily on its Google review count — Bondy's public materials cite "200+ reviews" as proof of his standing. Ethical Mechanic has received reports from former customers alleging that a significant portion of those reviews are paid for, fabricated, or solicited in ways that do not reflect genuine unsolicited customer feedback.
The pattern is not unusual in the mobile-mechanic space: an operator with a thin record on more strictly-moderated review platforms (the BBB at C+, Yelp at 13 reviews, Trust Mechanics at 265) leans hard on Google reviews specifically, where the entry barrier is lowest and the moderation is weakest. The Birdeye total review count climbs from 352 to 359 in a span of weeks; clustered short praise reviews repeat near-identical language.
We are publishing the allegation. We are not publishing the names of the customers who have provided this information, to protect them from retaliation.
If you are considering hiring C&J based on the Google review count, weigh that against the verified conviction record above, the BBB unresponsiveness, the elder-customer complaint, the safety incident, and the active negligence lawsuit — none of which appear in the five-star bursts on the Google page.
What We Know About Craig Henry Bondy Jr.
Based on Oklahoma County court records, BBB filings, public reviews, and OSCN docket searches:
- Full legal name: Craig Henry Bondy Jr.
- Approximate age: ~60 (offense date September 30, 1991; case filed 1996; consistent with mid-1960s birth year)
- Businesses operated at 1801 S. Jordan Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73129:
- C&J Mobile Mechanic & Auto Repair (mobile + shop)
- C&J Performance & Automotive (restoration / custom builds)
- C & J Enterprises, Inc. (corporate entity per BBB)
- Phone: (405) 305-2184
- Career: Automotive industry since 1978. AS Degree in Automotive Technology, 1989. Prior GM dealership work.
- C&J founding: January 2011 (per his marketing) / June 11, 2012 (per BBB record)
- Verified conviction (CF-1996-368): Two counts of Indecent or Lewd Acts with a Child Under 16 (21 O.S. § 1123). 15 years on each count. Affirmed on direct appeal (F-1997-236) and on post-conviction (PC-1999-1180). Mandamus petition denied (MA-1999-1080).
- Related family-court filings: Protective order PO-1995-3291 (December 1995). Marriage ML-1993-1158 (Dorothy Edith Johnson, March 1993). Divorce FD-1998-1042 (Cleveland County, granted August 2000). Marriage ML-2012-4443 (Jeanette Kay Westlund, October 2012). Divorce FD-2021-149 (January 2021).
- BBB: C+ rating, not accredited, one unresponded complaint on file.
- Pending civil litigation: CJ-2026-1382 — Wesley Early v. Craig Bondy. Auto negligence; damages alleged in excess of $75,000 for injuries on or about November 21, 2025. Court granted service by publication April 21, 2026 after a process-server affidavit (under penalty of perjury) stated Bondy was "Avoiding Service and never home" at his last known address. Answer due June 8, 2026.
- Other address on record (per April 2026 process-server affidavit): 2908 SE 57th St, Oklahoma City, OK.
- Known alias correspondence: "Ben Calevah" /
bnclvh@gmail.com— Ethical Mechanic believes this is Bondy writing under another name; a Facebook page under that name publicly identifies itself as the owner of C&J Mobile Mechanic Service.
How to Vet Any Mobile Mechanic Before You Let Them on Your Property
Craig Bondy's case is a specific warning. The broader lesson it points to is universal: before any mobile operator is on your property, run the same basic checks every time.
- Search the operator's full name on the Oklahoma State Courts Network. Use oscn.net — type a first and last name into the docket search. Court records there are public, free, and definitive.
- Check the state sex offender registry. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections maintains a public registry at sors.doc.ok.gov. It takes thirty seconds.
- Search the name alongside "arrest," "charged," "lawsuit," or "complaint." A standard Google search will surface court records and news coverage faster than any paid background-check service.
- Check the BBB profile directly, not just Google reviews. Google is the easiest review platform to manipulate. The BBB shows accreditation status, formal complaints, and response history.
- Pay with a credit card, not Cash App, Zelle, or Venmo. A credit card gives you a dispute mechanism. Peer-to-peer apps do not.
- Tell someone the appointment is happening. Have a friend, neighbor, or family member know who is coming, when, and how long they are expected to be there.
- Never leave a mobile mechanic alone on your property with children present. If your schedule does not allow you to be home with eyes on the work, reschedule the appointment — or use a different shop.
These steps are not specific to Craig Bondy. They apply to every operator who shows up at your door — regardless of business name, online reviews, or word-of-mouth referrals.
Visit our Avoiding Scams guide for a complete checklist, or use our verified mechanic directory to find an operator whose credentials have been independently checked.
Sources
Oklahoma County District Court — OSCN dockets:
- CF-1996-368 — Criminal docket, conviction record
- F-1997-236 — Direct appeal, affirmed
- PC-1999-1180 — Post-conviction relief denied, affirmed
- MA-1999-1080 — Mandamus denied
- PO-1995-3291 — Protective order
- CJ-2026-1382 — Pending negligence lawsuit
- SC-2025-13877 — Small-claims case
State public records:
- Oklahoma State Courts Network (OSCN) docket search
- Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry (SORS)
- Oklahoma DOC Offender Lookup
Business listings and customer reviews:
- C & J Mobile Mechanics and Automotive Repairs — BBB (#0995-90114980)
- C & J Enterprises, Inc. — BBB (#0995-10000045)
- C&J Mobile Mechanic & Auto Repair — Yelp
- C&J Performance & Automotive — Facebook
- C&J Mobile Mechanic — Facebook (older page)
- Reviews on My Website — C&J Mobile Mechanic (Northcott and Tomsin reviews)
Internal records on file at Ethical Mechanic:
- Oklahoma court conviction document (1990s)
- Correspondence received from an account identifying as "Ben Calevah" (
bnclvh@gmail.com) - Customer reports regarding alleged paid/fabricated Google reviews
This article is published in the public interest. The criminal record described above is a matter of public Oklahoma court record. Every case number, charge, sentence, and appellate disposition cited here is independently verifiable on the Oklahoma State Courts Network. If you have information about Craig Henry Bondy Jr., C&J Mobile Mechanic, or have had an experience with this operator you wish to report, contact us through EthicalMechanic.org.