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Tow truck driver sentenced after stealing nearly 50 cars
News Nation ^
 | September 30, 2025
 | Vincente Arenas
Posted on 10/01/2025 8:17:26 PM PDT by xxqqzz
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (KDVR) — A former tow truck driver who pleaded guilty to stealing nearly 50 vehicles was sentenced to 16 years in prison. 
The 23rd Judicial District Attorney says the driver was preying on older, broken-down vehicles and then selling them before the owners knew they had been stolen. 
Investigators say the tow truck driver would sell the vehicles at salvage yards in some cases for up to $500 each. 
“But as you can imagine, these are individuals who perhaps have a lower income. It’s a broken-down car. They couldn’t tow it right away. They had to make other arrangements. And so, in most of these instances, he was preying on people to whom it would cause the most harm,” said 23rd Judicial District Chief Deputy District Attorney Jake Adkins. 
The DA said Douglas County sheriff’s deputies spotted one of the stolen vehicles on a tow truck with a license plate reading camera. 
The tow truck driver, Brian Chacon, was then linked to nearly 50 stolen vehicles in 2023 and 2024, the DA said. 
The chief deputy district attorney says Chacon was able to quickly sell the vehicles he illegally towed. 
“He would take those to a salvage yard and he was able to exploit loopholes in the PUC regulations that allowed him to sign that off as if it was his own vehicle. He would hurry and do it before the vehicle was reported stolen,” DA Chief Deputy Adkins said.
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    Apparently, he would find old broken down cars, tow them away, and sell them to junk yards. Tow truck drivers could sell them without showing title. He probably stole about 100 cars and made about $40K doing it. He got 16 years.
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posted on 
10/01/2025 8:17:26 PM PDT
by 
xxqqzz
 
To: xxqqzz
    He sure deserved the 16 years, of all the people to steal their cars from.
I bet some homelessness and terrible stories came from some of those victims.
 
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posted on 
10/01/2025 8:23:17 PM PDT
by 
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
 
To: xxqqzz
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posted on 
10/01/2025 8:24:44 PM PDT
by 
xp38
 
To: xxqqzz
    And the people who run NGO’s steal BILLIONS and get no jail time.
 
To: xxqqzz
    Every reputable junk salvage yard records the VIN and ID of every vehicle and customer. I don't know how this dude got away with it for so long. 
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posted on 
10/01/2025 8:38:00 PM PDT
by 
Governor Dinwiddie
( O give thanks unto the Lord,  for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever.  — Psalm 106)
 
To: xxqqzz
    What are the chances one of his fellow inmates is one of his victims? Hilarity ensues ...
 
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posted on 
10/01/2025 8:38:37 PM PDT
by 
NonValueAdded
(First, I was a clinger, then deplorable, now I'm garbage.  Feel the love? )
 
To: xxqqzz
    About 20 years ago, one of ours, towed by a supposed reputable mechanic, showed up in a junk yard across the country. We weren’t happy.
 
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posted on 
10/01/2025 8:46:51 PM PDT
by 
pops88
( Helping usher the glory of God into Las Vegas)
 
To: NonValueAdded
    Today. Mr. Tow Truck driver, we are going to put you on the hook.
 
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posted on 
10/01/2025 9:07:17 PM PDT
by 
kublia khan
(Absolute war brings total victory)
 
To: xxqqzz
    Didn’t they make two movies about this?
 
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posted on 
10/01/2025 9:18:37 PM PDT
by 
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead.  I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.”)
 
To: xxqqzz
    They just needed one person to shoot him for stealing their property.
 
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posted on 
10/01/2025 9:20:53 PM PDT
by 
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
 
To: xxqqzz
    Thieves who steal multiple cars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars generally don’t get 16 years in California. They should though.
 
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posted on 
10/01/2025 9:30:47 PM PDT
by 
Enterprise
(These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
 
To: xxqqzz
    (He got 16 years)
I would have given him 32 years
Harmed a lot of people
 
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posted on 
10/01/2025 10:34:52 PM PDT
by 
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
 
To: xxqqzz
    Murders and rapists get less time.
 
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posted on 
10/01/2025 11:43:19 PM PDT
by 
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
 
To: ansel12
    I’d look at his citizen status in order to deport.
 
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posted on 
10/02/2025 12:10:29 AM PDT
by 
Does so
("Things will now change in Minneapolis AND AT HOME"....Dem☭¢rat... ∅ ™ ¿ ¡ ☞ ½¼)
 
To: Governor Dinwiddie
    I don't know how this dude got away with it for so long.
It's Colorado. 
Used to be #1 for auto thefts in the country a year or two ago. 
 Still run by commies. 
 I'm amazed he got sentenced for it at all. 
 (All of my vehicles have alarms and GPS trackers)
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posted on 
10/02/2025 12:19:28 AM PDT
by 
RandallFlagg
(Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
 
To: xxqqzz
    Chacon. Another “hardworking” asylum seeker.
 
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posted on 
10/02/2025 6:50:13 AM PDT
by 
FlingWingFlyer
(The Shumer Shutdown. The first step of Sandy Cortez's grab of Chunky Shoomer's job. LOL!)
 
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