ASAP Towing owner accused of stealing nearly $194K pleads not guilty
Read full article: ASAP Towing owner accused of stealing nearly $194K pleads not guiltyAn arrest warrant for ASAP Towing and Storage President Vince Serrano shows investigators believe he defrauded Floridians of nearly $194,000 by underreporting the sales prices of unclaimed vehicles while overinflating ASAP’s costs to tow, store, and sell them.
ASAP Towing owner arrested, accused of defrauding the State of Florida of more than $190,000: arrest report
Read full article: ASAP Towing owner arrested, accused of defrauding the State of Florida of more than $190,000: arrest reportThe owner of ASAP Towing turned himself in to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Wednesday and was charged with grand theft and organized fraud, according to his arrest report.
ASAP Towing was permanently banned from JSO use following discovery of $181,000 in late payments
Read full article: ASAP Towing was permanently banned from JSO use following discovery of $181,000 in late paymentsThe News4JAX I-TEAM has obtained records showing ASAP Towing failed to report $181,000 of overages in a timely manner in 2023, however, it was paid back eventually.
Tow company accused of ‘preying’ on residents of St. Johns County neighborhood after cars towed from driveways
Read full article: Tow company accused of ‘preying’ on residents of St. Johns County neighborhood after cars towed from drivewaysPeople living in the Gables at Wingfield Glen, a gated community of townhomes in St. Johns County, said they are fed up with finding their cars missing from their driveway.
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Missing cat turns up 3 years after California disaster
Read full article: Missing cat turns up 3 years after California disasterPatches a calico was brought in as a stray last month and a microchip scan revealed her identity. (Jillian Title/Animal Shelter Assistance Program via AP)SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A pet cat believed killed along with her owner in a huge mudslide has been found three years later. The Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Santa Barbara County says the calico named Patches was brought in as a stray last month and a microchip scan revealed her identity. Twenty-three people were killed, including cat owner Josie Gower. The ASAP shelter says Patches was found less than a quarter-mile from where her Montecito home stood.
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Jacksonville towing company accused of selling cars of deployed soldiers, sailors
Read full article: Jacksonville towing company accused of selling cars of deployed soldiers, sailorsJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After prosecutors accused a towing service of auctioning off the vehicles of service members who were serving overseas, that company has settled with the government and is paying back the sailors and soldiers who cars, trucks and SUVs were taken. The first case reported to prosecutors was the PT Cruiser that belonged to a lieutenant who was deployed aboard a submarine. Dreiband said prosecutors that the company cooperated in reaching a settlement to compensate all of the servicemembers whose vehicles were taken. The department’s enforcement of the SCRA is conducted by the Civil Rights Division’s Housing and Civil Enforcement Section and U.S. Attorney’s Offices throughout the country. For more information about the department’s SCRA enforcement efforts, visit servicemembers.gov.
