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  • Fight breaks out over car repossession attempt in Peoria

    http://www.pjstar.com/article/201504...013/11669/NEWS

    PEORIA — A man trying to repossess a car Tuesday ended up on its hood as the driver sped away, starting a fight between the two men, a police report stated.

    The repo man, 31, told police he works for a contractor of Pioneer Auto Sales and was sent to repossess a car about 1:15 p.m. He went to a home near North Prospect Road and East Melbourne Avenue to speak with the vehicle owner, 26.

    The owner wouldn’t turn over the car, so the repo man called the landlord to open the owner’s garage, the police report stated. While the repo man spoke to the landlord, the owner got into the car.

    The repo man said he stood in its path to stop the car, and jumped on its hood to keep from being hit when the owner started to drive.

    The owner stopped driving momentarily, and the repo man jumped on the running board as the car backed up, the police report stated. He said the owner tried to punch him and choke him with the seatbelt. A table knife was recovered by police on the floor of the car; the repo man said he knocked a shiny object out of the owner’s hand during the struggle.

    The repo man told the owner to leave and he wouldn’t press charges, according to the report.

    The car ended up in the 300 block of North Atlantic Street when police arrived.

    The owner told police the repo man did not have repossession papers, and that he tried to choke him while he drove away.

    Police spoke to the landlord, who told the repo man he couldn’t open the garage without police authority. But the owner drove the car out, the repo man jumped on the hood and the scuffle started, he told police.

    Police discovered the repo man did not have proper repossession papers. Police continue to investigate.

  • #2
    WOW....Talk about doing all the wrong things just to get a car.....

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    • #3
      That's a hard way to make a buck.

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