Towing News

Repo Theft: Truck Stolen by Fake Towing Agency
KATV
When he learned it had been towed, he thought it was a mistake. When he found it had been stripped for parts, he was angry. Standing in the empty parking space where his truck had been parked, Cooper recounted his confusion that morning.

City Officials Pitching Predatory Towing Advisory Board
The Charlottesville Newsplex
City Council is tackling what they call "predatory towing" in Charlottesville in efforts to stop towing companies that wait for parking tickets to expire. Officials say the number of complaints is on the rise, so they want to create a "Predatory Towing ...

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Buffalo News
Tow rules changed following probe
Buffalo News
By Aaron Besecker Buffalo is changing its towing policies and procedures, following a federal investigation into alleged bribery and the murder of a tow-truck driver. The city will only allow one towing company to respond to a crash scene, establish an ...
Mayor Brown Announces New Tow Truck ReformWKBW-TV

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NEWS.com.au
Salvage firm: Concordia wreckage gone by early '13
Sacramento Bee
AP ROME -- The head of a US-owned marine salvage company chosen to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship from the waters off Tuscany is predicting the vessel will be ready for towing by early next year. Capt. Richard Habib is the managing ...
Crews to rip apart cruise wreckHerald Sun

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Salvage company plans to have capsized cruise ship upright by winter and towed ...
Washington Post
ROME — Salvage experts plan to use water-filled cisterns to weigh down the above-sea side of the cruise liner capsized off the Italian coast — part of an effort to turn the massive vessel upright so that it can towed for demolition early next year.

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WINA AM 1070
City Councilors Will Hear More About Towing Operations
WINA AM 1070
Albemarle Circuit Court Judge Cheryl Higgins dismissed the lawsuit filed on behalf of the Charlottesville Open Government Alliance. The unemployment rate in the Charlottesville area was down .4% in March compared to February.

Plain Dealer
Employee a suspect in auto theft: Mayfield Heights Police Blotter
Plain Dealer
THEFT FROM AUTO, COMMONWEALTH AVENUE: License plates were reported stolen from a vehicle May 8 sometime after it was towed from a residence to a junkyard. The owner said he forgot to remove the plates and when he called the towing company, ...

Greece to dissolve Parliament for new election
KEYC TV
AP Sports News Video The head of a US-owned marine salvage company chosen to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship from the waters off Tuscany is predicting the vessel will be ready for towing by early next year.

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WINA AM 1070
City Councilors Will Hear More About Towing Operations
WINA AM 1070
City officials hope to examine the way tow truck companies are operating in Charlottesville. Virginia Tech will boost its tuition effective this fall. The Regional Chamber of Commerce will honor our region's Small Business Person of the Year next week.

The Imperfect Parent
Drunk grandparents tow granddaughter behind SUV in toy car
The Imperfect Parent
Belinda and Paul Berloni found themselves in trouble with law enforcement and the father of their grandchild after allegedly towing the 7-year-old in a plastic car hitched to the back of their SUV while drunk. Photo via Prosecutors office Two Florida ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Towing industry meets with city over price gouging
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Mayor Mike McGinn sent letters to two state towing associations last month, informing them that the city planned to move forward with regulating rates on private impounds. City Councilmember Nick Licata said he plans to introduce consumer protections ...
Morning Fizz: She couldn't even name a Republican she'd work withCrosscut

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Cleanup day planned for Shandon on Saturday
San Luis Obispo Tribune
From 8 am to 2:30 pm, local trash collecting and tow truck companies will volunteer to toss people's junk in the event organized with San Luis Obispo County Code Enforcement. Residents are encouraged to take advantage of the one-day event to avoid code ...

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The Hook
Towing tales: Like hassles, everybody has one
The Hook
By Courteney Stuart | stuart@readthehook.com After being towed from Keith Woodard's lot on Market Street in April, nurse Ginny Anderson says it's "unconscionable" to leave drivers stranded after dark. The pre-pay machine at Woodard's lot provides ...

The Seattle Times
Oil from sunken crabber drags Penn Cove mussel farm into limbo
The Seattle Times
By Sandi Doughton As a boat towing a containment boom on Wednesday passes the spot where the Deep Sea sank, Tim Jones of Penn Cove Shellfish displays mussels, which grow on ropes suspended from rafts: "It's going to be OK. (The mussels) look healthy, ...

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Webster Groves woman pays to get towed car back despite government's admitted ...
KMOV.com
Cynthia Spence said couldn't believe her eyes when the county sheriff showed up last week with a tow truck. “And served me with papers, said they had to tow my car for back state taxes,” Spence said. “Which, I didn't know they could take your car for ...

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When Your Life Flashes in Front of Your Eyes -- Regularly
Huffington Post
And that's when it happened; less than a mile before entering onto the highway, a huge odor, followed by a blinking oil indicator light, followed by gradual loss of control, followed by a 99-mile tow and four-hour trek back to Los Angeles.

Independent tow truck operators protest latest OPP proposal; call it death knell
This Magazine (blog)
That is exactly what a convoy of independent tow truck drivers did this morning as part of a protest against the Ontario Provincial Police's proposal to contact its use of tow truck companies to a selected few. Together, those 50 plus drivers from in ...

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Reality Bites: South Beach Tow
Houston Press (blog)
So-called "reality" shows are carefully edited for maximum shock value, if not staged outright, but rarely have I come across something like South Beach Tow, which is more fake than Mickey Rourke's bout with Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania XXV.

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Missing boater found dead inside vessel
WCVB Boston
When they arrived at the scene, the Coast Guard found a 29-foot towing boat called the Triple J partially submerged but could not find the operator. At about 8:30 am, divers from the Wareham Fire Department located the man deceased inside the cabin of ...

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Crosscut
Morning Fizz: "That's not a side issue — it's your life."
Crosscut
President Obama; Nick Licata vs. towing companies; all the 36th District candidates vs. each other, and more. By Erica C. Barnett and Josh Feit 1. On MSNBC's "Hardball" Monday, US Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA, 5) defended her vote against ...

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