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Man Arrested
After Rift with Repo Man in Palm Springs!
Updated: Nov 7, 2007 07:46 PM
KESQ.com news services
Palm Springs police arrested a repossession agent and a man who sprayed him with
a garden house as a vehicle was being recovered, a sergeant said.
The tiff in the 2300 block of Finley Road occurred about 7 Tuesday night, Palm
Springs police Sgt. Mitch Spike said. He said 34-year-old Lincoln Walker of Palm
Desert went to retrieve a vehicle from someone who was behind on payments.
During the repossession, the owner's roommate, 45-year-old Mark Todd, got
Walker's permission to remove personal items from the car, Spike said. But
tension rose when Walker asked Todd for the keys, and Todd denied having a set.
Todd "demanded that Walker take the vehicle and leave the property," Spike said.
"When Walker refused to leave, Todd allegedly turned on a garden hose and
sprayed Walker."
Walker whipped out a collapsible baton and brandished it at Walker, according to
Spike.
When police arrived, both were arrested -- Todd on suspicion of misdemeanor
battery, and Walker on suspicion of possessing of an unlawful weapon, a felony,
and brandishing a weapon, Spike said.
The pair were booked at the Palm Spring Jail and released, he said.
Man Left For Dead, Sues Car Lot!
St.
Petersburg, Florida – A St. Petersburg man has filed a civil action suit against
the used car lot he says is behind a vehicle repo gone bad.
On July 12, Mick McFadyen says a repo man showed up to his house on the 4400
block of 50th
Avenue North, hopped into his jeep and started to drive off.
“And I come flying out to stop him from taking the jeep,” McFadyen explained,
adding that he has completed every payment on time since he bought the car
February 7.
As he rushed out to stop the repo man, McFadyen tripped and the jeep ran over
him.
McFadyen was rushed to Bayfront Medical Center, where he spent a week in the
trauma ward and was treated for a broken right shoulder, damaged knee, multiple
broken ribs and a punctured lung.
Police charged James Anderson, the repo man, with one count of reckless driving,
one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving injury and one count of
driving on a suspended or revoked license.
According to the Florida Division of Licensing, Anderson is not registered as a
repossession agent in the state, nor is Exceptional Car and Truck Sales, the car
lot he was working on behalf of.
Tim McDevitt, the owner of the lot, says Anderson is a subcontracted employee
and is no longer working for him. McDevitt added he is working with his attorney
to respond to McFadyen’s complaint and declined to comment further.
The repossession industry is regulated by the Florida Department of Agriculture.
For a repossession to be legal, both the agent and the car lot must be licensed
by the state.
Toddler Injured During SUV Repossession!
AURORA,
Ill. (WBBM) -- A 4-year-old boy is recovering from minor injuries after
falling from an SUV that was being towed away by a repossession company.
Aurora police received a call from a man at a home on Aurora Northeast Side
claiming he had stopped at a home to pickup another child as a tow truck pulled
away with the SUV he was driving with the toddler still inside.
Police spokesman Dan Ferrelli says as officers were responding to the intital
call when a second call came in reporting that child had just jumped from an
SUV and was in need of medical attention.
The boy from Naperville was treated for minor injuries an at area hospital.
Investigators later learned that two men working for a repossession firm spotted
the SUV, quickly checked to see if anyone was inside but apparently didn’t spot
the boy in the backseat. The SUV was then hooked-up to the tow truck and driven
away.
The tow driver and a co-worker noticed the child jump from the moving SUV a
short distance later, pulled over and called police.
Aurora police say they are investigating the tow company to make sure all
regulations were followed.
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