By SUE SUCHYTA
Sunday Times Newspapers
TAYLOR — A man who had contracted a freelance mechanic to work on his Dodge Magnum became upset and reclaimed it with a tow truck Feb. 19, and threatened to steal the mechanic’s truck, claiming that his car’s catalytic converter went missing while his car was in the mechanic’s possession.
The mechanic said the he was unable to fix the man’s car because the man never delivered a new engine for him to install.
When the Magnum owner went to the mechanic’s house to retrieve the car, he damaged a door to the mechanic’s house, and kicked open a garage door to move the mechanic’s truck so he could access the Magnum with the tow truck. He kept the mechanic’s truck keys, which had been in the ignition.
The mechanic showed the police officers surveillance camera footage which corroborated his description of events, and agreed to forward it as evidence of the breaking and entering.