Tow Truck Company Facing Multiple Charges

City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo said Wednesday that he has filed misdemeanor criminal charges of attempted extortion, unlawful taking of a vehicle, vehicle tampering and operating without a required permit against Heavy Metal Transport Inc., doing business as MVP Tow Service.

The company is accused of towing vehicles without the proper authority and asking for money from motorists who returned to find their vehicles hooked up to tow trucks. If an owner returns to his vehicle after it is hooked up but before it is towed, the truck driver is supposed to release it without demanding money as a condition.

“For too long, tow truck scammers have used unscrupulous and dangerous business practices to defraud motorists of hundreds of thousands of dollars and strand countless people at all hours of the day,” Delgadillo said.