Scottsbluff Dealership Missing Three Bosses, Dozens of Cars

Omaha World Herald ^ | 3/10/2009 | Maunette Loeks

[NEMDF]

Scottsbluff dealership missing three bosses, dozens of cars

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10583582

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — One by one, somebody loaded new Toyotas onto trucks Monday evening from the Legacy Auto Sales dealership in Scottsbluff and drove off into the night.

Dozens of cars were taken. Now plenty of people, including Scottsbluff police, want to know what's going on.

That includes Legacy employee Miranda Cervantes. She discovered Tuesday morning that the dealership's owner and two other officers had disappeared without a word to the staff. Also gone were more than 80 Ford and Toyota vehicles.

Employees found the desks of owner Allen Patch, comptroller Rachel Feit and general manager Rick Covello empty. Their computers also were gone.

"When I saw that, I knew something just isn't right," Cervantes said.

Scottsbluff Police Capt. Kevin Spencer confirmed that police were investigating removal of the vehicles as a possible crime.

Police said at least 81 vehicles are missing.

Cervantes said the cars disappeared from three lots in Scottsbluff — about 25 to 30 Fords and about 50 Toyotas. Police have been unable to contact Patch, Feit or Covello.

Cervantes said Toyota representatives contacted her Tuesday. Someone had reported that a large number of cars were missing from the lot.

"They asked me, 'What is going on there?' I told them everything, that the cars are all gone. . . . We (employees) don't have a clue. Employees were not told of any reason that the vehicles were removed."

[NEMDF]

Anyone seen 'em?

[Grampa Dave]

Amazing how dumb some people can be.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Maybe some kind of weird recall.

[grobdriver]

Wow! 81 cars! LOL!!!

Go big, or go home!

[Don Corleone]

the dealership's owner and two other officers had disappeared

Vacationing in Mexico???

[Rightly Biased]

Fargo?

[gargoyle]

...Alien abduction...

[VicVega]

I would question Jerry Lundegaard or Shep Proudfoot. Just hope no one ends up in wood chipper.

[PeteB570]

“Go big, or go home!”

81 vehicles? Not that much. I don’t know the makes or models but if you gave $50,000 per vehicle you got something hard to carry around and if you sold them for full price only around $1,350,000 per each of the three.

Odd story, real odd.

[Netizen]

Maybe some kind of weird recall.

yeah, the vehicles, workers and their computers all were recalled! lol

[Illuminatas]

"That's my deal, Wade."

[STONEWALLS]

...this is funny....ever been to Scottsbluff?....it’s a nice town of about 15,000 in “outstate” Nebraska...they’ll be talking about this caper for years down at the local cafe....it sounds like something out of the movie “Fargo”

[Fawn]

Employees found the desks of owner Allen Patch, comptroller Rachel Feit and general manager Rick Covello empty. Their computers also were gone. "When I saw that, I knew something just isn't right," Cervantes said.

Ya think?

[Red Badger]

[Leisler]

One of the great movies of all time, Used Cars with Kurt Russell.

[Lurking in Kansas]

When I saw that, I knew something just isn't right," Cervantes said.

Ya think, honey?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ya !

[VicVega]

Great movie.

[Leisler]

10 seconds, you beat me on the deal!

[Gunflint]

Easy. Got to Lincoln.
Get a football program.
Find the current players, you’ll find the cars.