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Demovictory9

(32,423 posts)
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 03:27 AM Aug 2021

Polk County towing company owner who killed customer accused of predatory towing; arrested

summary for those who don't want to watch long video:

1. tow truck company employees scouring mobile home park car ports with flashlights at 11:30pm. when they find a car without a sticker on it, they tow it.
2. owners came out with sticker but they still towed the car away
3. next day owners show up at lot and pay $300 for car.
4. Employees find car in back with dead battery.
5. Employees call owners... owners arrive and try to charge car owner with additional fee to have car with dead battery brought to front.
6. Car owner mows down brother of owner
7. as car owner exits vehicle, tow truck owner shoots him in back of head (claiming "stand your ground", but sheriff doesn't accept this claim).
8. tow trucker owners arrested for 2nd degree murder, towing cars from more than 10 miles away, not telling owners that for 1/2 price they can stop the tow before it happens

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Polk County towing company owner who killed customer accused of predatory towing; arrested (Original Post) Demovictory9 Aug 2021 OP
Towing companies like that are pure evil ansible Aug 2021 #1
yeah, they are scum. a totally made up business model... tow away cars and charge arm and leg to Demovictory9 Aug 2021 #2
Same in OHB& TN SheltieLover Aug 2021 #6
Number 6 is troubling jimfields33 Aug 2021 #8
Sounds like the car owner is the one that got killed. n/t Captain Stern Aug 2021 #9
Steve Goodman got it right. Thunderbeast Aug 2021 #3
worth watching ornotna Aug 2021 #4
he always does super slow long videos Demovictory9 Aug 2021 #5
Grady is a real media hog HAB911 Aug 2021 #11
Grady Judd is a shithead. Tommy Carcetti Aug 2021 #12
Thank you for the summary. LittleGirl Aug 2021 #7
"Agressive towing company" That is just capitalism in action! HAB911 Aug 2021 #10
 

ansible

(1,718 posts)
1. Towing companies like that are pure evil
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 03:28 AM
Aug 2021

Here in California they work with cops to tow as many cars as possible and get kickbacks in return

Demovictory9

(32,423 posts)
2. yeah, they are scum. a totally made up business model... tow away cars and charge arm and leg to
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 03:32 AM
Aug 2021

get them back.

Tommy Carcetti

(43,155 posts)
12. Grady Judd is a shithead.
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 09:03 AM
Aug 2021

Basically a Joe Arpaio wannabe with no sense of morals whatsoever.

I’ll pass on his theater.

HAB911

(8,868 posts)
10. "Agressive towing company" That is just capitalism in action!
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 08:58 AM
Aug 2021

Most people in Polk County today are sayin' the obvious solution to this problem is that guy should have had a gun to defend himself and we could have had a good old OK Corral shootout.

Polk County, inbred central for the Bay Area.



Don't get ur panties in a wad. a little

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