ABOUT SOLAR STORMS, ALLEGATIONS AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. >> WELL, AS YOU HEARD MIKE SAY THIS WEEKEND, THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE SOME ROADS WET, BUT SOME ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT FROM LAST MONTH'S ICY ROAD. THAT INCLUDES ONE METRO MAN WHO HAD TO HAVE HIS CAR TOWED. BUT SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, HE TELLS NEWS 4 SPENCER HUMPHREY, THAT WHOLE COMPANY IS HOLDING HIS CAR HOSTAGE. SPENCER. YEAH, GUYS, THAT MAN SAYS THAT TOW TRUCK COMPANY WON'T GIVE HIM HIS CAR BACK UNLESS HE PAYS ALMOST $800 IN BILLS. HE SAID HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN CHARGED. MEANWHILE, THAT TOW COMPANY SAYS THEY'RE WELL WITHIN THEIR RIGHT. >> IT WAS AN ICY MONDAY LAST MONTH WHEN WARRANTS WESSON WAS TRYING TO MAKE SOME MONEY.
I WAS OUT DOORDASH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DOING DOORDASH >> THE ICE STORMS, YOU KNOW, THEY TEND PAY A LOT MORE. >> UNFORTUNATELY, FOR HIM THAT DAY ENDED WITH HIS CAR SPINNING OUT ON THAT ICE IN EDMOND TO DAMAGE TO DRIVE BACK TO HIS HOUSE NEAR UCONN. THE POLICE CAME BY AND CALLED HIM A TOW TRUCK. HE SAYS A DRIVER NAMED JB WITH EDMUND BASED. ALL CITY RECORDS SHOWED UP AND LOADED UP HIS CAR, BUT HE WOULDN'T TAKE IT BACK TO HIS HOUSE. AND I QUOTE. >> EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID. I WILL NOT TAKE A RISK OF RUNNING $100,000 TRUCK FOR A COUPLE HIS OUTS. >> INSTEAD, HE SAYS JB OFFERED TO TAKE IT TO HIS IMPOUND LOT.
WHERE LAWRENCE COULD COME PICK IT UP ON SEA ICE MELTED BACK AND DROPPING DOWN THE STREET FOR MAYBE $150. A SUM. HE SAID THAT. HE WOULDN'T CHARGE STORES. SO HE WAS SHOCKED WHEN JB GAVE HIM THIS BILL FOR NEARLY $800 WHEN HE WENT TO GET HIS CAR LATER THAT WEEK. >> SO NAS LIGHT. HE'S ADDING ALL THESE OTHER CHARGES. >> DANA, RIDICULOUS. IT INCLUDED A HOOK UP FEE FOR $112. A $250 ADMIN FEE AND EVEN AFTER HOURS SURCHARGE FOR $45. SO WHEN I ASKED THEM, >> CAN I GET PROVE THAT YOU PAY THESE FEES THAT YOU ACTUALLY PAY FOR ALL KNOW I GOT I DON'T HAVE TO SHOW YOU >> I CAUGHT UP WITH JB AT THE TOW YARD.
HE SHOWED ME LAWRENCE'S CAR. >> COMING THE BROKE BEFORE THAT. I TALKED TO HIM OVER THE PHONE. I ASKED HIM ABOUT THOSE FEES LIKE THAT. AFTER HOURS CHARGE. I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HE'S GOING LET HIM KNOW UPFRONT WAY LET PEOPLE KNOW? FIRST WE LET PEOPLE KNOW THOUGHT PLAINTIFF OR AND IF YOU FIGURE EURO, BUT NOT EVERYONE CAN GET OUTSIDE CAN HELP THE WORLD. HE CLAIMS EVERYTHING HE WANTS LAWRENCE TO PAY IS LEGAL. >> SO EVEN IF WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, WE CAN CHARGE IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE LAW SAYS. >> NOW HE IS RIGHT IN THAT STATE LAW DOES ALLOW HIM TO CHARGE FOR THINGS LIKE THAT HOOK UP FEE AND EVEN AN AFTER-HOURS FEE. BUT THEY CAN'T BE ABOVE CERTAIN AMOUNTS AND THE AMOUNTS JB CHARGED, LAWRENCE, FOR MOST OF THOSE FEES WERE HIGHER THAN WHAT THE STATE HAS SET.
JB ALSO TOLD ME IF LAWRENCE DOESN'T PAY HIM ALL THAT .