Local News in Brief : Chevy Dealership Loses Its License

The Department of Motor Vehicles has canceled the operating license of Brett Mitchell Chevrolet, one of several Compton auto dealerships that have received subsidies from that city’s Redevelopment Agency.

DMV spokesman William Gengler said that for the last two years Mitchell has not filed corporate charter information required by the secretary of state. In addition, the State Board of Equalization has filed a tax lien against the dealership for $110,721. Mitchell also owes more than $4,000 in fines to the DMV for failing to pay registration fees for automobiles he sold last year.

Mitchell, 30, was honored in 1988 as “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Small Business Administration. His dealership closed its doors after the operating license was temporarily suspended late last month by the DMV, which is also investigating allegations that the firm sold loan contracts to two lenders, pocketed the money, and then resold the contracts.

A DMV hearing in Los Angeles on the case was continued this week until March 16, Gengler said.