21 November 2008

Hello Again: FBI Returns to St. Louis Metropolitan Towing

From STLToday:

FBI agents remove 26 vehicles from StL tow lot

By Joe Mahr
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
11/21/2008


UPDATED 3 P.M.

Tow trucks and a car hauler brought in by the FBI began removing vehicles from St. Louis Metropolitan Towing today, three months after the FBI raided the lot.

FBI agents on the scene would not say why they were at the tow lot, which has been at the center of a Post-Dispatch investigation into questionable ties to the police department.

A lawyer for Metropolitan Towing, Sanford Boxerman, said the company was told that 26 vehicles were being removed but was not told why the vehicles were chosen.

...The newspaper found that the private lot hadn't paid about $700,000 owed to the city and police department in the 21-month span that could be studied. It also found that the company gave daughter of longtime Police Chief Joe Mokwa free use of two cars and sold her three more at prices below wholesale.

...In addition to the federal investigation, the state auditor's office is studying the department's books.
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Again, Post-Dispatch, I ask: WHO OWNS METROPOLITAN TOWING? Why the lack of curiosity by your paper about the owners of the company?

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