Tow truck driver shot while trying to repossess car in Port St. Lucie
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- A man who was shot numerous times while trying to repossess a car Thursday afternoon is in the hospital, Port St. Lucie police said.
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turning a credit issue into an attempted murder charge, such intelligence flowing through that guys head...
No surprise... it's Florida after all.. not like Intelligence is a big thing there
Florida charges it as murder regardless of attempted or actual. The difference is 1st degree murder punishable by death penalty and 2nd degree which can get 30-Life
And yes I know you're repeating dumbed down news bits
If you’re too dumb to pay your bills or not understand that if you don’t pay em you’re gonna get repo’d it’s not shocking this dude made a bunch of additional terrible decisions.
he will plead out to aggravated battery and get probation its florida now
@@nobodyyyyy556
I refused to repossess vehicles when I was a tow driver. Many of these people are at the end of their rope and taking their transportation is the last straw. Right or wrong it is a dangerous job.
I knew a couple, both police officers that inherited $300,000. They spent it all all land, new truck, $15,000 TV and whatever else. They didn't know taxes would have to paid on that inheritance. They filed for bankruptcy, foreclosed for the second time on their second home. Some people have zero financial sense. The wife was a college grad. Go tow them, the company that's owed the money needs it to stay in business to make loans to others.
Wow I'm glad I didn't have to pay taxes on my 6 figure inheritance & neither did my husband he also inherited 6 figures @@robertburroughs8962
@@robertburroughs8962 what state ?
My brother is a chronic deadbeat, with a long history of foreclosures, bankruptcies, and repossessions. Unfortunately we have a unique last name, so I was always hounded by his creditors. One day a tow truck ended up at my ex-wife's house looking for one of my sons simply because he tracked down my brother's last name. He was determined to repossess a car, any car, and didn't care that it was the wrong person or the wrong car. My ex had to call the police to get rid of the tow truck.
So true people have hard times say your job laid you off an you have one payment left on a 30,000 dollar vehicle and tow truck drivers it not worth dying over stay away from people property!!!!!!
Yeah I would think repossessing cars during the day would be much more dangerous.
You think at night is better?
@@rolandthethompsongunner64 People more than likely will be sleeping if they have to get up and go to work. I'm talking like 1 to 3 am.
@@staystrongpeople4942 deadbeats like to sleep in the afternoon.
It is and isn't. Day you can see better and be faster. At night less people to see you ,but you cannot see as good.
Close your eyes, and pretend.
Repos are all too common now that people can no longer make payments on grossly overpriced vehicles.
It's personal responsibility, no one forced them to finance.
@@Christophernorbits Exactly. Poor judgement combined with financial illiteracy.
Repo's have been around since the first vehicles was financed. However I do agree new vehicles are grossly overpriced
I have never owned a newer vehicle and have not had a car payment since 2010. People want the latest and greatest because it is marketed to them and an older vehicle with less tech is uncool. Not me, I'll just run old junk and fix it myself. I currently own a 2004 and it is the newest vehicle I've ever owned. That being said cash for clunkers destroyed the used car market because it depleted stock and reduced the available number of used cars. We didn't have it in Canada but the used car market is crap here because all the good ones get exported.
@@juliogonzo2718 I never bought a new vehicle. One of the first economic lessons my dad taught me was that the value of a new vehicle drops by a quarter to a third the minute you drive it off the lot. Our two vehicles are '05 and '04. Nuff said.
Thank you to the witnesses who recorded this.
Why? You dont think they would figure out the tow truck driver was shot?
Now his life is in danger
that's a very dangerous job!!
yeah, stealing cars isn't worth it
Law enforcement has the blue flag. Fire departments have the red flag. Tow truck drivers have the yellow flag.
Im___s got to pay your payments like everyone else does everything isnt FREE
I've done repo work. I always had a law enforcement officer with me at the time of repossession to serve the proper paperwork and protect myself. I would not do that work today. I've seen too many videos of the repo guy driving alone onto private property to try to take a car without being noticed. Not defending the shooter, just suggesting legal help to avoid the confrontation.
When you are a bottom feeder tow truck driver chances are higher that you can get shot.
worst laws ever made was giving people the right to take cars like that in the middle of the day or night without any warning
So now the owner of the car as well as the car are now both repossessed. What an idiot.
Repo’ing day or night is dangerous.
Another one of these "It's my car" guys. No, its not, it belongs to the bank, they hold the title. You just get to drive it. Don't blame the driver, he's just doing his job.
Did this guy think "If I shoot him I'll get to keep my car"?
He can now pay a couple of hundred thousand dollars now for attorneys to represent him.
He had money to buy a gun, but didn't have money to pay for his car. Misplace priorities.
Thats what makes me think it wasn't his car and he was defending someone he was unaware that's actually getting repod and not stolen
this is why I never wanted to be a repo man.
You know these people knew that they are behind and their car could be repoed . Then on top of that you are going to try to kill someone. Boy that's smart.
No cars in prison.
Pizza delivery and repo men have way harder and “more stressful” jobs than law enforcement so why can’t they have all those weapons with them?? And the fancy little bat belt gadgets?
Well..just try arguing with the judge when your freedom is reposessed...
Same as a mechanic If I work on your cars repairs, u promise to pay me in payments I have the right to Repo your car if u stop paying me for repairs it’s called Mechanic’s Lien
Are you willing to die for money?
Who thinks he will switch professions?
I wonder if the owner thought they were stealing his car. I’m saying that because he says “ I have cameras “.
You think he forgot that he wasn't making the payments?
Good chance he knew he was late on payments. But there is a good probability he didnt know that when you don’t make payments, the bank takes the car back by force. Therefore, he thought they were stealing it. I can be wrong. Or I could be right.
I no be habin to pay yo American bills. You gib me fo free-
lost his car and freedom on the same day
... and after the civil suit, will be broke, homeless, and alone after his wife divorces him and the kids move to the other other side of the country 'cause they've become social outcasts.
I have camera here and no pay bills
Probably an illegal.
Well it's not his car yet. The bank still owns it.
Correction: He's not the owner of the vehicle, it's the owner that wants it back... deadbeat didn't pay his obligations...
And a tow truck driver with nothing to do with the car or debt... decided to steal the vehicle.
If the actual title holder wants that vehicle back....they need to have the sack to go get it themselves. Don't send someone else to do your dirty work.... LESSON LEARNED.
@@deplorablelibertarian lol, it's not dirty work, either way a tow is necessary, you're not very smart are you?? You have the entire weekend to attempt to learn something.
@@deplorablelibertarian You are incorrect! The tow truck driver does have something to do with the car. He was hired by the owner of the car (the finance company) to recover a vehicle that was not being paid for. The person "stealing' the car is the guy that agreed to pay for it, then for whatever reason decided to stop paying for it. Listen, if the repo truck shows up at your house to get the car, it's not because you're 10 days late or even 30 days late. This person ignored months of letters, emails and phone calls from the lender. I would bet he was at least 90 days late. The finance company doesn't want the car, they rather you pay for the car. The repo man doesn't want the car, he just wants to get paid for the job he was hired to do.
as more repo people get hit they will stop doing the job if the bank is owed money then take the person to court dont try to take the car. if you do you just might end up at the morgue
@@ScarabChris
The owner of that car found out the hard way that if you don't pay your bills there will be consequences! Now he faces attempted murder on top of his car being repossessed! Stupid is as stupid does!😅
Technically it isn’t his car if they’re repossessing it, it would be the bank’s
Im sure a lot of people don't understand the car isn't theirs until it's paid for completely, again lack of common sense when it comes to actually buying something as opposed to financing or leasing and making payments.
I have seen on TV when they repo cars in UK, they always try If they can speak with someone and show the repo paperwork, so the driver of the car understands they have right to take it, in US they just steal it and this situation can happen.
Well folks, there are a lot of people going through hard times in the last three years in America. More than we can feel if we're employed. But there is no reason to kill a man or shoot a man doing his job.
When a person has had enough and snaps....😮
Well, he's no longer the "owner" if it's being repossessed.
And now he gets to move into the graybar hotel.
Hundred percent he doesn't do a week in prison he will end up with probation
watch the case and i guaranteeyou are wrong
@@jorgejiminez-rk1uu
This ain't California. Law still apply in Florida@@mcp4y2k
When something is financed, you're only renting it till the last payment is made
@@jorgejiminez-rk1uu FACTS!!!
I'd have to say, if someone asks you to leave a private property and they have a gun.
You should retreat.
YEP STAY OUT !!!!
There are more guns than people in this country. The driver should assume everyone has a gun.
So true@@playfulpanthress
unfortunate that so many ammosexuals are also cowards too
Like John from ASP said assum they are willing to use it and always assume it’s loaded!!
The lienholder is owner of the vehicle until the note is paid off ! The man shot somebody for something that doesn’t even belong to him !
Why do people think they own a car when it’s financed. The bank owns that vehicle until you pay it in full! The bank holds the note just like your house.
probably because that's the way it's marketed to them and banks get bailed out so I guess people feel they should have leniency too
Holds the "note? You are a boot licking loser.
And what ruin the daydream they are in, lol!
Pay your dammed bills and you won’t have to worry about repossessions!
... or getting sued.
Stop voting Democrat and people will be able to find more jobs!
Stop buying cars you know you can't afford 😏
@@chuckyf-u2395I see nice older cars all the time for around 4500$. A 07 Jetta wolfsburg about 5 years ago cost me 3500$. Perfect condition and have had 0 problems other than what I have messed up myself. Don’t beat on me for having a jetta😂 The wolfsburg edition seems much better than an average jetta.
@xxEMOSHARKZxx noting wrong with a Jetta... at least you don't have to sleep with one eye open wondering if the repo man is coming to get your Jetta 👍
With the status of the economy, my guess is we'll see a lot more repossessions going forward.
Check the numbers; the economy is doing great.
@@Drew-bc7zj YES!!! People on see/hear what they want to see or hear...
@@Drew-bc7zjwhat are you smoking, the economy is far from great. We are heading into the abyss with the lunatics in DC and the biggest lunatic is in the Whitehouse.
@@shannonlee1973are you for real?
Millions
Was that Ricky Ricardo. Lucy look what you did!
I am a tow truck owner driver I've been to 7 funerals for tow truck drivers in 5 years. The last one was a repo driver picking up a payday loan vehicle that owed 150 dollars he was shot in the back of his head suspect caught in 5 hours he left behind 3 children 4 grandchildren and his wife he was 38
$150?!? They can't have been late by more than one payment.
If you think this job is worth losing your life then go for it.
makes you wonder if easy access to firearms is a help or a hindrance to society.
@@adam346 Makes you wonder how you vote! Let's go Brandon!
@@skidoorulz4914 thanks to the GOP I will never vote for Hunter Biden...
Port St. Lucie was so peaceful before Covid, the migration ruined this quiet town completely.
70's era!
@teh1, I was gonna say the guy yelling sounded spanish, ids he living and a Gov paid for house?
I left just in time, I saw the way the wind was blowing. I left Dec 2019. PSL is a shiothole.
I'm betting your ancestors were also immigrants, as we're the ancestors of 99% reading your post. I know mine were, immigrants aren't the problem. There are problems that it's easy to blame on immigration, but really look into the problems you think are caused by immigrants, and you'll find they're not the actual root of the issue. For example, most of the fentynal coming into our country is coming directly from China on shipping containers, and most Americans get their drugs from another American citizen they personally know. Most immigrants work in whatever capacity they can and are not a drain on the system. And the actual crime rate for immigrants is far lower than those who were born here. If I were born in an undeveloped country I definitely would have come here especially after having children. There could have legitimately been a mistake by this tow truck driver,or the financial institution, and this guy living in this nice neighborhood may actually have been legally defending his property. And there are actual car thieves who own tow trucks, I had a co worker who had their vehicle stolen from the parking lot in broad daylight using that exact style of tow truck, it was black rather than red, but it was 100% stolen, and not a repo, we know this because we checked the reviewed the camera footage, with the police, when the police questioned weather it was a repo or not they checked the registration an confirmed there was only 1 owner, no financial obligations. I'm not saying this is the case but you shouldn't be so quick to take one side or the other when you don't know the facts and it appears as this his accent may have lead you to jump to conclusions.
@@paulettebarrow9791 you are incredibly ignorant ma'am. He sounded Spanish so that means that the govt is paying for his living expenses?? What are you even talking about?
In Missouri it don’t matter private property is private property no matter who comes on your property!!! if you come when someone’s property, don’t matter if you are tow truck company or Jehovah witness. When a person tell you to get off, you have no choice but to get off the law is still on your side, no matter if you are two payments or 200 payments behind.
Sorry to hear that!
Here is a hint. Pay your damn car notes and they won't show up to get it. If you cannot afford the vehicle then don't buy it in the first place
As someone who did asset recovery, it's not safe during the day, and you dont get paid enough to deal with these kinds of people. The banks just need to take them to court at this point and stop getting people injured over there property. I've heard of guys being shoot because they picked up and moved cars to get to the one they wanted. Doing a repo at someones home is by far the worst place it puts you in the most danger.
Also always call in a pick up before you do that way you can have police on stand by if needed.
Repo shouldn't pick someone's car up to get to another. lol, common sense ain't so common.
Why wouldn't the police just pick up the car if you're going to call them anyway 🤔
You absolutely shouldn't be touching other people's cars who have done nothing wrong, you're just asking for it at that point.
They won’t show up in court. Police do nothing.
@@BubbyBold😂☝️🤡
tow truck driver was out his mind to continue with the Repo after all that static from home owner
In my time doing repo's the rules were don't have a gun. Back off if if it becomes confrontational. My guys said they could hook up in 6 seconds before the owner could pull on his pants. Also can't enter a locked gate . One owner was able to follow them and shot their tire to stop them and get back his car. The repo guys were a bunch of good guys doing their job professionally with the banks ok. The payments were usually 2 or more payments late with customer's evading the lender and not communicating.
I agree any conflict on private / public property with the vehicle owner is crazy , period .
And a lot of times, all this can be avoided if people would simply communicate with the lender, even if you’re behind on your payments.
Never did a repo without being armed. That's insanity going and doing that without self defense.
@@johnstark4723 In FLA the repo guy would be breaking the law. FWIW used to work with a repo agent and classE agents. Me nor the agent could be armed while in performance of our duties in the State of FLA. NOt sure if that has changed but that was the law back them and I'm sure it's still the same.
@kfelix2934 that's bull, plain and simple.
Apparently man forgot to pay the note on his vehicle...so, he shoots the repo man...this will cost him about 5 years in the prison because he also forgot it's not cool to shoot people.
5 years? You do know this is fla right, and it's all on video recording. More like 20-30 years.
He has bigger problems now
Yes he lives in Florida-Duh
Not supporting the shooter, but the tow driver should have just left if the deadbeat got in between the truck and the car before the hookup.
The tow driver was using his vehicle as a weapon to force the deadbeat to move. As usual, we only get a snippet of video and that snippet doesn’t show any punches being thrown. But it does show an assault with a motor vehicle.
Something for the lawyers to fight out in court if the DA pursues it. If you’re going to be debt, pay your bills.
Pay for bills Omar!…glad the tow truck driver will live and hope Omar rots in prison.
People need to understand the laws .most professional Asset Recovery knows what the law says, being on a driveway with public access is not the same as breaking into a garage, you can't shoot someone who has a legal right to recover something! A repo means you don't own it ! You are behind on payments, the Driver did absolutely nothing wrong! He didn't enter into any structure, open any doors , touch anything that was not part of the legal order. When these repos happen the driver once in possession of the Said Asset has to notify whatever law enforcement the state requires. All those comments about how the man said your trespassing get off has no weight because he is a licensed agent. How do I know this I worked for one of the largest asset recovery companies in the USA , yes it can be dangerous but the banks would never get their (I said Their) property back. If All you had to do was Park in your driveway making it off limits banks would stop giving loans. The only time I was not able to gain access to a vehicle was on military bases if they let me in great they usually did after showing them the legal order. Sometimes they would find the person and make them hand over the keys! They only offer obstacles are Reservations if the tribal police said no then it's no. Facts are facts you can't make your own rules or things like this happen. This guy's
life is probably over for pulling that trigger. You would be surprised how many repos happen a day! When I worked we had all of the state of Washington had 6 drivers I personally pulled 10-12 cars a day 7 days a week . This was way before COVID
And don't believe those Reality Repo tv shows ! They are staged ! My wife went to school with the owner of a company that was part of one of those shows he eventually told them to stick their show where the sun doesn't shine because the producers were telling him to take risks you just don't do if you value your life! Business and employees.
I believe it depends on the state. In Illinois when I did it if it was private property when the person said get off my property that was it, according to law enforcement. Though that was the 90's when I did it. From what I saw in that video the person was on his own property and the driver kept going. His claws appeared to be down going for the car and not hooked up yet. The guy was blocking it and the driver kept coming. I am all for the repo man trying to do his job. I had some bs happen to me with a bunch of lies and people in the projects saying I trying to repo the car with a baby in it. The women had her kid go up to their apartment and actually bring a baby down and put in the back seat of the car to say that we my partner and I and another repo crew tried to still her car and kidnap her baby. Bunch of ghetto nonsense. For the racist out there, every class of people get there car repossessed. Lawyers, doctors, police officers, nurses, fireman, dentist, and the common Joe. Black, white, brown Asian, you name it, it happens.
You are exposed to wait until they are in the street. If a person goes on your land, why are your kids out playing on your grounds? You would not care about the laws. If someone falls on your land and gets hurt, they can sue you. They don't go into the hood to repossession.
@@byronmorris1594 what are you actually saying?
@@byronmorris1594 all our guys went into the Hood Seattle isn't exactly utopia.
Broke and now in jail, great life
and now he gets an attorney at tax payers expense.
@@Asidebarhe gets stretched
A similar incident happened in Harris County, Texas several years ago when I lived there. Homeowner used his trusty deer rifle and shot the repo driver who drove off and crashed into a ditch where he died. The grand jury did not indict the home owner for shooting the repo driver. I don't know if a wrongful death civil case was filed by the family of the repo driver.
Exactly, don’t go on Private Property.
@@bourbontrail565but private property doesnt mean you keep anything without paying. After all the vehicle isn't yours. If its subject to repossession
@adamcasas6519 Don’t trespass on a property being a 3rd party in a dispute. Risky Business.
@@bourbontrail565 so the tow-truck drivers should have shot first? That's all I'm hearing from you.
@@bourbontrail565 its not trespassing. No one ever reads the fine print on the documents that people sign. Also keeping something that isnt not yours doesnt mean your property makes you immune.
I did repos back in the 70's and it is a very dangerous job. I was shot, stabbed, and beaten up, all this and the police were always told about the repo before hand. I always carried a gun but sometimes you can't get to it. Baltimore and Washington are some tough places to work back then. After about 2 years of that crazy stuff I found another job.
He wasn’t paying on his loan so that automatically makes him a pos, and he pretty much ruined the rest of his life by turning a repossession into attempted murder…unless of course his lawyers managed to get pled down to what, aggravated assault…? We’ve seen that happen, right?
The clown at 02:35 are you serious? You can't shoot someone? My God, you learn something new everyday. I had no idea.
I guess that homeowner proved him wrong 😂... people get shot every day ...these news folks sure find the most ignorant people to interview every time..
When people are holding on to what they have left. Its understandable
Under this administration people are struggling to make their payments - on the other end cars are wholesaled at auctions for a very low price and the car owner has to pay the full loan with interest! Not fair.
So it's Biden's fault that Omar doesn't pay his bills?
When they took my car it was no one fault but my own it did suck but I can’t imagine attacking someone that’s working and only doing there job if u don’t want it to happen make ur payments not that hard
When you sign a loan agreement, your property rights don't matter if you are not making your payments. The lender has the right to regain possession of their property on your 'private' property.
That's not true at all. Private property is private property. Now he did shoot the man and he was not defending himself that's the issue.
@@davescott686 these people are so uninformed they don’t understand the law I wouldn’t even comment on dumb people that don’t understand. Private property is still private property.
If I was so bold to go on someone's private property to repossess their vehicle, which may be their only means of transportation, I would show the repossession documents and only proceed if the owner agrees for me to take the vehicle. Doing a stake out and wait for the vehicle to be in a public place with the owner nowhere in sight would be my modus operandi if I was repo man or woman. Repo people dont risk your life over a job, use commonsense and do not confront or engage with angry desperate individuals, not worth it.
@@ronniemead805 facts !!!!
In the video it looks like the driver was about to take out the guys legs with the lift. Granted the guy shouldn't have been standing there, but technically that could be considered assault with a deadly weapon, or attempted vehicular manslaughter, or something similar. Therefore it seems a case could be made for the shooting to be self defense. Granted it's thin and most likely wouldn't stick; especially since a gun was involved.
I'm well aware that the tow driver was within his rights and just doing his job being there, but you can't just run somebody over with a vehicle or even push them out of the way with a vehicle no matter what the circumstance.
Tell the whole world you are a moron!
You failed to pay the car payments, and were obviously WAY behind for them to repo it. Now you shot and nearly killed the tow truck driver, knowing that you no longer were the owner of the vehicle. You knew exactly why he was there. So, you lit him up with bullets instead of calling the police. Now, you've lost any right to the vehicle and you're going to jail for for attempted murder. Hope you enjoyed your freedom for 59 years because it's over now. All because you forfeited the right to the car for not upholding your contractual obligation. Geez!!!!
He’ll be out to just steal a car now!
It's not like he missed or was late on one payment. Most of the time it's 6 months or more of complete nonpayment that gets the repo guy involved.
Big name brand banks give 3 months, second hand sketchy financing companies only give 30 days
Communicate with the OWNER and get caught up on payments ( you f'n DEADBEAT ).
If you buy a house, make 29 years and 11 month's of payments, then don't make that final payment and pay it off, guess what Einstein...it ain't yours ! Duh. . .
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Police should always be present during a repossession
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The police will not do that ...
That would definitely minimize danger but it won’t happen
So you want police to become corporate security?
Nice to think, but not practical. It would divert Law Enforcement from crimes to civil property disputes/contract resolution. Not really their jobs.
"The owner of the vehicle throwing a punch" ?? if the car is being repossessed it's probably because the man wasn't making his payments therefore he was NOT the owner of the vehicle... The bank was the owner of the vehicle and the man was basically stealing it!!! The man is in my opinion a thief trying to steal a car.
What?
Finally, someone who knows how this works. If you're not in possession of the title, you are not the owner. The bank is.
"The owner of the vehicle throwing a punch"
Agreed. I never expect much accuracy or truth from any local news stations.
@@zac1375 Clarly you don't understand what it means to Man Up and face the responsibilities of an adult!
@stevebell4906
Possibly, 🤪 but I didn't understand which "man" was being accused of stealing.
EDIT: My "What?" Was questioning what the commenter was trying to convey, as well as the assertion that one of the men was an auto thief. I was not questioning if an automobile could be repossessed for nonpayment. I think you misunderstood my "What?" [Can you "man up" to that?]
P.S. The man's behavior would more accurately fit the definition of robbery, aggravated assault, or attempted murder - not "car thief".
I went through a bankruptcy years ago and included my car. I was expecting it to be taken as well.....but it didnt happen. For almost 2 years.
Monday morning, at 1 or 2, I had to be up in a couple hours for work, I got a banging on my door that scared the crap out of my son and when I answered, it was 5 people, spaced around my yard, 2 had their hands on the their guns and they were asking for my keys. They said that they didnt want any problems and just needed the keys (they were obviously repo) and I told them that I had crap in the car that I needed and I needed my stuff before they got the keys. All of them helped me get my stuff...all of it out of the car.
They all had driven a few hours (from Indy, I live near Michigan) to get the car and had tried to take it without me knowing, but I had just had a new ignition key made because I broke the original at work, and when the dealership ran my VIN for the new key, I guess it told them where I was, but because of that, they had to have the new key lmao.
Not to be insulting in the least, but a bunch of men beating on my door in the middle of the night with hands on guns demanding my car keys? I'm not opening the door and I am calling the cops.
@@radolfkalis4041 I didnt have a peep hole and I didnt know what was going on. Maybe I take my safety for granted, I do live in Amish country, and I would hate to be someone who didnt answer the door for someone who needed help just because they were scared of whats on the other side.
I also think that the hands on the guns was in response to how I opened my door. I am a big dude and I was pissed. Knocking on my door in the morning, scaring my son. I probably looked like I was going to jump them.
I probably could have peeked out the window and figured out better what was going on before exposing myself like that though.
People of the US. Never ever ever ever open the door in the middle of the night. Don't care who's knocking! Even if they have a warrant, most of the time, they still gotta knock. It is very rare for a judge to issue a no knock warrant. In fl if five big guys with guns knock in the middle of the night and they ain't cops? They catch lead through the door, believe that... if you survive? When the cops show up. You calmly claim 'stand your ground'..
So, for an additional two years, you didn’t bother trying to make a payment?
@@kellycelestin1 After the bankruptcy, it legally wasnt mine. (edit, to clarify, that means, any payments wouldnt have mattered, it would have me been giving them the money without the rights to keep the car)
If I could have afforded the payments, it would not have been included in the bankruptcy.
I think you are misunderstanding how a bankruptcy works lol
no penalty for robbing gas stations / shop lifting Walmart / car jacking
Why would you think it's different for not paying your car payment?
These tow companies thinking they're above the law and invincible.. no sympathy for tow truckers. It's such a pathetic "profession"
People do not like it when their vehicles are being repossesed. There is nothing like repossesion of someones' car someone pissed off. It is not safe day or night when people have guns.
Creditors don’t like it when you don’t pay your bills!
Idiots are the problem. Not the guns.
Throwing aways years of your life for two thousand pounds of plastic and metal, - that he didn't even legally own.
Dumb tow truck driver, saw danger and never fled. Can always get it later.
This happens often. If not shot threatened. I was in recovery for about 3 months before a woman pulled a gun on me while I was repoing her car at work. I quit after that she walked.
Im gonna play devils advocate here. I am not a tow truck driver. But I know several of them because my best friend owns a tow truck company that does a lot of repos. I have asked him about his business because I am curious. And one of the questions I asked him was, had he ever had a gun pulled on him and what did he do. He said, yes many times, he said he will immediately disengage and live to fight another day. He said he trains all his drivers to avoid confrontations like this. With that said, is this driver at fault for not disengaging when this guy clearly was letting him know he was on private property and to leave? Also, we have not heard any audio that has the drivers words either. What if he did indeed make a threat to this guy? Personally, I think this guy over reacted and should have never pulled a gun much less used it. Main reason being because his life was not in danger. Unless he claims those post on the ground were gonna hurt him which would be bullcrap. Hes lucky he did not kill him. Would love to hear what some of you tow truck drivers think.
Used to be a repo man, gotta be quick, I usually scouted the car a couple days prior to taking it & almost never attempted a daytime repo. Always late at night...
The owner could have called police, instead, took an action that is not justified..
If hoodlums were the people taking the car, then 100% defend your possessions!!
Imagine spending the next 20 years in prison over something as stupid as an old car. That you don't even own.
Folks in The Pizzle ain't overly bright.
What is the "Pizzle"? The Peoples Republic of Port St. Lucie?
The fact that you think this man will spend 20 years in jail is laughable.
The tow driver is on private property and taking the homeowners propeety - so yes he has the right to stop and protect himeself and property.
My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln."
Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod
Race
When Fords and Lincolns was settin' the pace.
That story is true,
I'm here to say
I was drivin' that Model A.
It's got a Lincoln motor
And it's really souped up.
And that model A body makes it look like a pup
It's got eight cylinders; uses them all.
It's got overdrive, just won't stall.
With a 4-barrel carb and a dual exhaust,
With 4.11 gears
You can really get lost.
It's got safety tubes, but I ain't scared.
The brakes are good, tires fair.
Pulled out of San Pedro late one night
The moon and the stars was shinin' bright.
We was drivin' up
Grapevine Hill
Passing cars like they was standing still.
All of a
Sudden in a wink of an eye
A Cadillac sedan passed us by.
I said, "Boys,
That's a mark for me!"
By then the taillight was all you could see.
Now the fellas was ribbin' me for bein' behind,
So I thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind.
Took my foot off the gas and man alive,
I shoved it on down into overdrive.
Wound it up to a hundred-and-ten
My speedometer said that I hit top end.
My foot was blue, like lead to the floor.
That's all there is and there ain't no more.
Now the boys all thought I'd lost my sense
And telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
They said, "Slow down! I see spots!
The lines on the road just look like dots."
Took a corner; sideswiped a truck,
Crossed my fingers just for luck.
My fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts.
The guy beside me was white as a ghost.
Smoke was comin' from out of the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac.
Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass.
Don't you know by then we'd be low on gas?
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And down in the dips she started to rockin'.
I looked in my mirror; a red light was blinkin'
The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln!
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And called my pappy to throw my bail.
And he said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
If you don't stop drivin' that Hot... Rod... Lincoln!" Ref-google
The defense in court will be that the tow driver was backing his vehicle toward the defendant knowing he was there. Therefore endangering the defendants life so he had to shoot in self defense. The tow driver is the aggressor once he moved the vehicle towards a person endangering him. I see this one being pled down or outright dismissed.
Banks make mistakes on car loans too. How horrible.
Guy didn't make car payment so bank order tow driver to repos it. He can't blame bank or tow driver but blame himself for fail make monthly car payment. now he in jail.. now he can't make house payment either what loser he is....
Nobody is holding a gun to your head to make you sign the contract
Banks can't be trusted they exist to serve themselves and the shareholders.
I never found out the hi how or why? , A bank connected my account to a strangers and theirs to mine, we both couldn't get our own money out! .
Took days to fix! .
No apologies, explanation or compensation! .
Imagine being shot over an errand for some rich bankers property, no thank you to that nonsense.
The U.S., still the Number 1 COMEDY on Planet Earth !
HILARIOUS !
I shall miss it for around 30 seconds when it gets cancelled…
Well the lady you interviewed in the car sure was happy about it. She was grinning from ear to ear.
I don’t know the laws protection tow truck drivers but he was on the man’s property attempting to take his vehicle. Even if he identified himself and declared his intentions to repossess his vehicle, this is a very dangerous place to do it! If the owner claims he didn’t believe the tow truck driver was legitimate and that he believed he was trying to steal his vehicle, under ‘stand your ground’ and ‘castle doctrine’, he has every right to defend himself and his property using whatever force he deems necessary. The tow truck driver was very foolish continuing the repossession when the owner showed up.
Neither of those defenses would work for him.. His life was not being threatened!! He knew exactly what was going on...
It's gonna get worse for Americans. A lot of people can't make electric bill payments,rent, insurance, or car payments. We are all gonna be in bad shape thxs to our government. Food is so expensive, doctor bills. Stay safe 🙏
You have to wonder why someone who is way behind in his car payments would try to murder someone trying to repossess it?
When you love your car more than you do your freedom🤦♂️🤷♂️
That’s the tow truck driver risk. They have screwed the public so much. They hire criminals and when they do tow you. You are robbed from from your money and things in your car.
the tow driver hit the homeowner with his truck..its plain as day on the video. Tow driver has no right to tresspass on private property when the owner for sure told him to leave...case over. Home owner will walk for self defense because i know i would fear for my life if someone was backing a tow truck into my body. What makes people think that repo agents have to right to do what this driver did. repo agent messed up big time . The fact that the homeowner was arrested means nothing. police generally don't know the laws or even bother to learn them. Police biggest excuse when they get into trouble is "I didn't know i couldn't do that"
Well I've always ranked repossession agents in the same category as parking inspectors. Lowlifes making a living off the misfortune of others.
Imagine thinking tow truck drivers are decent people.
Where I am there's one who has an underhand side hussle , his so called business isn't registered, insured, he pays no tax..
He patrols towns and suburbs to find old classic cars, up a driveway, in a paddock, under a tree, he won't dare approach anyone who appears to know the value of old cars.
He offers no more than $50 , or free removal, where I am the law is not on the side of people who commit self defence type situations, often this guy won't immediately leave when asked, if someone wanted to forcibly remove him, police here would charge the property owner with assault, not the driver with trespassing or fraud, in relation to tricking people into selling things of high value for next to nothing.
I would think that deadbeat got several notices about non payment and im sure they included something about hey if you dont pay we are taking the car back, maybe im wrong about that in florida but damn, shooting an unarmed tow truck driver in daylight? Wtf! Does attempted murder go on his credit report for other lenders to see?
Repo guys should not be allowed to enter on anyone’s property period simply because situations like this can happen and it’s true
They are allowed under state law unless in a closed garage
And why is that?...Do you actually believe that when YOU Steal my car ...and you park on your property it now becomes yours?
The deal that YOU made with the lender is simple...YOU don't Own Anything until you have paid for it...The lender is letting you drive it while you are paying for it!
My hometown ❤ smh praying for all involved.
Nah that is way too far, shooting at a man while doing his job? Pay the damn bills, idk why people buy things when they know damn well they can’t afford and keep up with it.
Where is this ? Port st Lucy? Where's that? This news co doesn't even say what state
I live here. It's in South Fla (Port St Lucie)
That's attempted murder......
Omar ?
I was ahocked..I was Not..
It's illegal in the United States to repossess. It's also illegal to sell debt. So those debt collectors and repo guys are breaking federal laws. And it's allowed to happen.
Why can't people understand that when you finance a vehicle, it is NOT yours until it's paid off?
tow driver has terrible survival skills
There was a repo down the street from me, it was a food trailer, and it looked like half the swat team was there, middle of day. I don't know the back story of the repo, I do know that house had been raided by the police in the past for drugs so maybe that had something to do with the police being involved. The trailer was in the back yard and they towed it out of there. Maybe it was more than a standard repo as the police don't normally get involved in repos as far as I'm aware.
PASS LAWS NOW THAT SAY IF IT;S ON P, p YOU CAN;T TAKE IT !!!! THEN YOU WILL NOT BE SHOT !!!!!!! IN THE STREET IS ONE THING BUT YOUR A TARGET AND PEOPLE DON"T LIKE YOU WHY PUT YOUR SELF IN A SPOT TO BE HURT ?? FIND A NEW LINE OF WORK !!!
Thats the same reason i got out of the business myself in the mid 2000s... Once in north miami and a second time in west Lauderdale... The moneys good but not that good ..