Man’s Car Was Stolen And Scrapped After It Got a Flat Tire

It is unclear how it got scrapped when no one who dealt with it had a title for it.

[xrydersx]

The scrapyard and the kid who took the vehicle in to be scrapped should be held accountable

[AMERICANPATRIOT]

This scrapper and the individual who "sold" the van to him must be prosecuted for grand theft auto, no exceptions, no mercy. A professional should know better and must be held to an assumption of knowledge that the van was not theirs to take. It was not possible for the "seller" to acquire a valid title so fast, therefore the seller was in fact a thief, and the scrapper knowingly purchased a stolen van.

[ztoob]

"I ain't no thief!" insists every thief involved in this ring.

[tcorris]

“I bought it from a friend”. The standard line of every person caught knowingly possessing stolen property. They almost never remember the name of their “friend”.

[oldfordman]

I scrap cars as a side hustle, and the scrap yard always wants the title or notarized release of interest so why did the scrap yard take the van

[commodoor]

The guy who first who said _the owner of the house the van was parked in front sold it to him_ lied. Lying to conceal a crime is considered impeding an investigation. Add that crime onto the criminal charge of grand theft. There's nothing honorable about him.

[John-sss]

I had a flat tire on my 650 KLR motorcycle on a highway in Arizona. I made a call for a guy to pick me up and we went to my house to get my trailer to bring the bike home. When we got back to the bike there was a guy there getting ready to steal it. He told me a BS story of what he was doing, then left. We got back to the bike just in the nick of time. He probably was going to take the bike apart and sell the parts. A problem very common throughout the country.

[commodoor]

In Kansas, if you're buying a car as a salvager, you must obtain a title. If you're selling a vehicle to a scrap processor, the licensed salvage vehicle dealer must surrender the original or duplicate title with the word "salvage" or "junk" written or stamped across it. (Kansas Department of Revenue website) IMHO, everyone who took possession of the car should be found guilty of selling or receiving stolen property. I suspect that each of them had knowledge that the car was illegally obtained and it's not the first time.

[peteengard]

These crooks are giving thieves a bad name.

[tazgamerplays]

My wife broke down not far from home, she managed to get the vehicle into a parking lot. After I got off work I stopped at it and then set up a tow through AAA and went home to wait on the tow truck, since we lived just down the street. The driver got with me and that he wasn't to far away, so I went back to the vehicle, and it was gone. I called him to see if he had already been there and got it, and he said no that he was still on his way. I want to the police department to report it as stolen. They told me that they had it towed and impounded, and that I would have to wait till the next day to get it out. It cost me $220 to get it back. I was late for work because I had to get another tow back to the house. A free tow, less than $10 for the part, and I did the work myself, turned into over $200 and some lost work because the police department wanted money I guess.

[GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

Dude knowingly bought a stolen vehicle and should be fully liable for it, damages, pain and suffering, then triple it. (The guy who buys and sales vehicles)
How do you buy a scrapped vehicle without checking the "owners" license and the vehicles registration? With criminal intent that's the only way you could do something like that, let's give them the benefit of the doubt and say they're just stupid, well then this should be an expensive education for the moron in question no?

[FreemanKeys]

I have had TWO vehicles stolen, one off the side of the road, and one that I left at Walmart, because the radiator went bad. Both were sold to these scrapyards! This in middle Tennessee. The problem is real down here!

[richallen]

In Michigan…In 1988 I purchased a 1972 4x4 Blazer for parts. I took everything off I wanted and took it to the scrap yard. The scrap yard would not take the truck (Blazer) because I didn’t have the title with me. I did however get permission to leave it in their yard and return with the title later that day. When I returned a couple of hours later the 72 Blazer was already processed and scrapped into a 3ft X 3ft cube. So it didn’t matter if they had the title or not. They didn’t have my name or even proof I owned it, but still scrapped it.

[riblets]

Clearly SOMEBODY is liable for the family's loss of the vehicle. With all this finger-pointing, it looks like they're screwed.

[Rainmotorsports]

Last time I was this early the piano was still waiting for the tow truck. Sounds like the state is about to bust a big ring.

[blitsriderfield]

What's wild is whether or not he stole the car, he would still be guilty of knowingly acquiring stolen goods

[wessltov]

You (presumed jokingly) warn against leaving a vehicle with a flat tire, but if a flat tire is all the justification they need, I would expect Kansas to have an increase in tire slashing incidents

[icantpronounce]

is this one of the times you can sue every one along the line because clearly chain of title wasn't followed if it was destroyed overnight

[lgunderso]

This seems like a case of charge and sue everyone involved..

[saigyl]

that sounds like they crushed that car in quite a hurry