Man’s Car Allegedly Stolen By Tow Truck Driver

Chalk this one up in the “What the…?!” column. This motorist’s trusty Volvo decided not to be so trusty one day, leaving him stranded on the side of the road. With no other viable option, the man called his insurance company for a tow truck to come tow the car to a shop to have it repaired. However, the car never made it to the shop and the car was reported stolen.

In a seemingly impossible stroke of blind luck, the car’s owner just happened to see his car a couple of weeks later driving down the road and followed it. When the man driving his car realized he was being followed, he bolted, but the run in prompted the cars real owner to do some detective work. He tracked down the name of the tow truck driver that the insurance company had used and looked him up on Google. The man’s address just happened to come back to the very neighborhood where the owner had given chase to his car.

The authorities were notified and and the tow truck driver-turned-thief was arrested. He is also facing charges for removing the VIN number from the car while trying to hide the fact that it was stolen. The insurance company declared the car a total loss and the owner is on the hunt for a replacement.