Posted on 01/07/2015 6:13:28 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A Kansas City auto repair shop employee made a snap decision Monday when a woman drove off without paying for repairs.
He jumped on the roof of her Cadillac Escalade and held on during a high-speed, three-mile ride that ended outside Kansas City police headquarters.
Another auto shop employee followed in another vehicle and told police that he tried to stop the Cadillac by firing shots at its tires. One of the bullets hit the driver’s side door.
Police said it was a miracle that no one was injured in the incident that began shortly before 3 p.m. Monday at 24th Street and Indiana Avenue.
According to police reports, a woman who had left her vehicle at the shop for repairs was told she needed to pay $3,000 and would owe an additional $700 storage fee if she left it there.
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Take a ride out of crime!
DANG!
This is no big deal. TJ Hooker used to do it all the time.
I suspect this will cost her more than $3,000
Damn Kansas City Star will not let me read it.
I bet the names of the auto shop guys aren’t Smith or Jones.
I love this story.
What did they use to keep Shatners hairpiece glued down?
CC
Yikes!
For some reason I can. Just said that the shooter and the woman were taken into custody while the police sort things out.
Your typical WASP cultural upbringing rarely leads to a situation such as this.
I think the “best” thing about this was that one of his co-workers pursued and tried to shoot out the tires.
Hmmm... high speed, tire blowout in an SUV... rollover...
A lien against a vehicle that is asserted by an auto mechanic is technically not a "mechanics lien." It is an "artisans lien", but it operates in a similar fashion to a mechanics lien. A mechanics lien can only arise against real property i.e., land or buildings. If a person (licensed repair facility) has repaired, furnished supplies or materials, towed or stored a vehicle and has not been paid for the services rendered, that person has a lien against the vehicle. The lien arises at the time the registered owner is presented with a written statement of charges for completed work or services. Although if services were performed that were not agreed upon and no written and signed estimate was issued beforehand, a mechanic has no right to keep the title owner from reclaiming the vehicle. If a mechanic asserts a fee that is not reasonably related to the work performed, and refuses to return the vehicle until that price is paid, the owner of the vehicle will be able to recoup a storage fee from the mechanic, as the mechanic is in the wrong for refusing to return the vehicle. In doing so the mechanic would commit the crime of conversion, or embezzlement.
A citizen shop owner knows he can slap a lien on the vehicle. A foreigner may not know that.
A citizen knows you forfeit all rights to any money, both your money and their money, when you shoot at the car.
$3,000 for repairs? I wonder what the damage was before or were they ripping her off? Mythbusters did a show where the guys tried to hang onto a car but could not. They also did not shoot at the vehicle. They should have used a Cadillac Escalade.
Manny, Moe and Gyp
Good grief, the morons, first the thieving car owner that thinks she can just drive off, second the idiot that follows the car firing “at the tires” like some movie scene. The only one I admire is the dude who jumped on top. And, hmmm, let’s see, 24th and Indiana, guessing it was a mom and pop shop that couldn’t afford to lose 3K.
The shop was called “Big Ron’s Auto Body Repair and Paint”.
“Big Ron”... more likely an urbanite than a “foreigner”.
Flesh-colored chinstrap.
I’m on the roof of an SUV roaring down the highway in winter, I think I’m not too thrilled to hear shots ringing out from the chase car.
Works on everything but closeups. For that they can go to bluescreen.
LOL
CC
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