Picking up vehicles illegally
Picking up vehicles illegally
Cleveland Scrap Cars pays cash for wrecked cars in any condition. As a NE Ohio based scrap car buyer who buys scrap cars, we regularly provide updates relating to automobiles, recycling and such. Today’s post covers a contractor is Massachusetts that is facing some serious charges.
In an article published March 19, 2015 on masslive.com by Jack Flynn which is titled ‘Southwick towing contractor facing 11 vehicle larceny charges gets more time to prepare for trial’ discusses the following: “A judge has given towing contractor John Litwak more time to prepare for a possible trial on motor vehicle larceny charges. During a hearing in Springfield District Court, Judge Maureen E. Walsh granted Litwak & his lawyer 7 more weeks to review new evidence in the case. In a motion requesting the extension, Litwak’s lawyer gave no details about the new information or how it could play into the defense’s strategy.
Litwak, president of JL Towing, is facing 11 counts of motor vehicle larceny and 3 counts of stealing items from a motor vehicle. He pleaded innocent to the charges in July & faces a possible prison sentence and fines up to $15,000 for each larceny count.
The vehicles were reported stolen from parking lots & streets in Greater Springfield in February 2014 and traced to Litwak’s towing & salvage lot in Southwick. A driver for JL Towing told Springfield police he hauled the vehicles away for Litwak without obtaining title, registration or bill of sale for any of them. During an interview with police, Litwak explained the vehicles had been towed for a black or Hispanic man in Springfield that he knew only by the initials KB.
After offering to help detectives find the customer, Litwak stopped cooperating & never provided copies of checks or bank statements supporting KB’s existence. The motor vehicle larceny charges date to Feb. 16, 2014, when 4 vehicles parked outside an auto repair shop vanished overnight. The next morning, while reviewing surveillance video, the staff watched a flatbed truck from JL Towing arrive around 10:30 p.m. and haul the vehicles away.
Two days later, Springfield police detectives found the 4 vehicles and several others that were reported stolen on Litwak’s lot, according to a report filed by Cass. During a hearing in January, defense lawyer John F. Kavanaugh said his client never stole the vehicles and never stopped cooperating with police.
Litwack is an honest, if disorganized, business man who was duped by a dishonest customer, Kavanaugh said. ADA Daniel Daly disagreed, saying that Litwak victimized the vehicle owners & tied up law enforcement on a complicated, time-consuming case. In a motion filed last week, Kavanaugh said the defense had received new information on the case and needs more time to review it. Walsh agreed & scheduled a pretrial hearing for May.” The complete article is available here:
http://www.masslive.com/
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