Fake Repo Men Stealing Cars
Written By Doug Buchanan
9NEWS NOW
Created:10/16/2006 10:28:36 PM
Last Updated:10/17/2006 9:10:24 AM
There’s a new type of crime in Maryland.
Criminals are becoming more brazen. In recent months, there have been several cases of thieves stealing tow trucks in order to steal other vehicles.
Police say that may have been the case last week in Largo.
Raymond Brown, a-k-a "Scotty Beats", a music producer, was shot to death by a fake repo man. Two men in a possibly stolen tow truck took off with his car. Beats went after the men and they killed him.
On Monday, we watched as a tow truck hooked up and took away a car within seconds – not minutes.
So imagine the front a tow truck provides a car thief. A company name, a provided purpose. And far too many times, a stolen vehicle.
Police say people don't look at a tow truck operator and view them as car thieves ... and that's what these guys have working for them.
It isn’t exactly a new concept, but an old idea being carried out more and more each day. Police warn people not to risk their lives confronting what might be an armed car thief.
Police say get a tag number and stay inside.
Henry’s Towing has had three trucks stolen in the last three years. As the tow truck drivers say … it takes seconds to steal a truck and even less time to steal a car when you have one.
9NEWS NOW
Created:10/16/2006 10:28:36 PM
Last Updated:10/17/2006 9:10:24 AM
There’s a new type of crime in Maryland.
Criminals are becoming more brazen. In recent months, there have been several cases of thieves stealing tow trucks in order to steal other vehicles.
Police say that may have been the case last week in Largo.
Raymond Brown, a-k-a "Scotty Beats", a music producer, was shot to death by a fake repo man. Two men in a possibly stolen tow truck took off with his car. Beats went after the men and they killed him.
On Monday, we watched as a tow truck hooked up and took away a car within seconds – not minutes.
So imagine the front a tow truck provides a car thief. A company name, a provided purpose. And far too many times, a stolen vehicle.
Police say people don't look at a tow truck operator and view them as car thieves ... and that's what these guys have working for them.
It isn’t exactly a new concept, but an old idea being carried out more and more each day. Police warn people not to risk their lives confronting what might be an armed car thief.
Police say get a tag number and stay inside.
Henry’s Towing has had three trucks stolen in the last three years. As the tow truck drivers say … it takes seconds to steal a truck and even less time to steal a car when you have one.
posted by Dave at 9:53 AM
1 Comments:
We are truly sorry for your loss,
the fake repo men thugs are truly making our hard working industry look like chumps out there, they need to stick to stealing their own gettofied things instead of entering into our real world of repossession.
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