A judge on Friday blasted the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office for delaying reports of recovered stolen vehicles in the city as part of a practice that racked up larger tow yard storage bills for motorists.
Retired
Wayne County Circuit Judge Robert Colombo said county sheriff's
deputies along with a Detroit towing firm, Nationwide Recovery, failed
to promptly notify vehicle owners who were unaware of their recovered
vehicles' locations.
“There is no attempt to make
certain that there are officers on the scene,” he said. “There is a
complete failure to make certain that recoveries are timely reported in
length. The impact is significant to the owners of the vehicles because
the later they are notified, the more the storage fees accrue.”
Colombo
said Nationwide Recovery drivers would often directly call on two of
the department’s deputies instead of reporting suspected stolen vehicles
to Wayne County dispatch. The deputies did not check the vehicle’s
information through a Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN)
operator as required.
Colombo then said he
would grant the city's request for an injunction against the Detroit
towing firm, barring the company from impounding stolen or suspected
stolen cars on behalf of sheriff's deputies or anyone deputized by the
sheriff's office.
The city had alleged that
Nationwide Recovery was working with the county sheriff’s department in a
conspiracy to charge excessive fees so that Nationwide could pay car
thieves for tips.
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