{"id":139912,"date":"2023-04-12T11:55:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=139912"},"modified":"2023-04-12T11:55:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:55:23","slug":"va-tow-company-loses-ordered-to-pay-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=139912","title":{"rendered":"VA Tow company loses, ordered to pay up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You may remember seeing accusations that a towing company in the Virginia Beach, VA area named “Steve’s Towing” was illegally towing deployed service members’ vehicles and selling them?<\/p>\n

The Justice Department started an investigation into the company after reports that two vehicles from the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story were towed and later auctioned. Both vehicles belonged to a Navy Seal who was deployed from October 2019 to April 2020.<\/p>\n

One of the vehicles, a Land Cruiser, was allegedly towed by Steve\u2019s in early January 2020. Aside from the fact that it was being towed from a base, the Land Cruiser was filled with clues that the owner was a service member. Inside the vehicle was a duffle bag filled with spare uniforms and a Naval Special Warfare Development Group Sniper challenge coin. It\u2019s alleged that the company towed and auctioned five other service member vehicles during the same timeframe.<\/p>\n

The suit again (sic) Steve\u2019s Towing was filed in spring of 2022, and according to Military.com seemed to come as a shock to Steve\u2019s Towing general manager Lee Gilliam. \u201cWe love our military and would never auction off an active-duty military vehicle knowingly,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n

Yeah, their deep empathy is obvious:<\/p>\n

The case came to a close on April 7th. In a settlement, Steve\u2019s Towing agreed to pay $90,000 over the tows: $67,500 goes to the seven service members who had their vehicles towed; $12,500 to any additional service members that may have been affected, and a $10,000 civil penalty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One is happenstance. Twice may be coincidence. Third time is enemy action…seven times? Please. This should be $90,000 plus court costs…and their trucks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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