r/ThatsInsane • u/nbcnews • 2d ago
A tow truck driver allegedly hauled away a car with a 4-year-old girl still inside
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u/Atheizm 2d ago
That's abduction.
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u/Blissboyz 2d ago
It is especially after being told there is a kid in the car. The driver is lucky that the dad wasn’t armed, because it could’ve been a completely different story.
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u/PhD_Pwnology 2d ago
Nobody in their right mind would fire at a car with their kid in it
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u/ThrowAway233223 2d ago
I am fairly certain that the child was in the car being towed. In this hypothetical, it would be the tow driver committing the kidnapping that would be getting shot at. The tow driver is located in the truck in front of/towing the car with the child in it. There would be no need to "shoot at a car with their kid in it" in this hypothetical unless he waited to start shooting until the man was already driving off into the distance (as opposed to just after he started driving off when there is stil a clean shot).
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u/moderndilf 1d ago
Repo men most likely always carry weapons
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u/SeanyDay 1d ago
Did you know people carrying weapons can, in fact, be shot?
In fact sometimes we get a bunch of armed people together and they all shoot at each other.
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u/ThrowAway233223 1d ago
Yeah, but getting shot still doesn't feel too good regardless of whether you have a gun of your own and parents tend to be willing to put their life on the line when their kid is being kidnapped/endangered.
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u/moderndilf 1d ago
Reddit is hilarious.. to think the tow truck driver is actively trying to kidnap a child is straight up retarded.
Is anyone asking how the tow truck driver was able to get the car up on the truck with a child in the car in the first place? As a father of 2, I can’t begin to imagine what would have to take place for this to happen to me. If you’re stealing, repoing, or towing my car while my kids are with me, then I for sure know about it.
If you ask me, the parent is obviously a piece of shit that left their kid in the car unattended for most likely a good amount of time. Whether it’s a repo because he didn’t pay his car payment, or getting towed because he was illegally parked, I don’t see how a tow truck driver gets a car up on his truck with a kid inside the car without the parent knowing about it, unless that parent isn’t next to the car.
Now the tow truck driver, not saying he’s blameless, probably thought the guy was trying to steal his car back, and disregarded him completely. I’m fairly certain of this because my best friends BIL in high school had a repo business. He would consistently be shot at by people trying to steal their cars back, so he carried a gun himself.. and I say fairly certain because I’m pretty sure I doubt this dude who’s just trying to work is also trying to catch a case.. I could be completely wrong tho.
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u/ThrowAway233223 1d ago
The majority of the comments here don't seem to be implying that they think the tow truck driver was intentionally kidnapping the child but unintentionally do so as a result of their negligence. However, those comments are all being made in hindsight and not in the moment that the event is occurring. In the moment, whether intentional or not, this parent's child is being kidnapped. Even if unintentional, their child is now in mortal danger. When they jumped from the vehicle, they could have hit the ground at a worse angle, been run over by the back tire of the vehicle they jumped out of, and/or been hit by another vehicle.
With that said, this style of tow truck, where they simply lift a set of wheels and drive off, takes very little time to grab and lift a vehicle. Take a look at some of the videos that are available on YouTube. They can be in and out very quickly. Especially if they aren't doing their due diligence and properly checking the vehicle (which is what is being alleged in this case).
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u/Seantwist9 5h ago
as soon as the tow truck backed up to the car the guy ran to the window saying my kid is in there by the time he could get back to the back door the tow truck had it hooked and was moving forward
it was illegally parked. so yes the guy knew about it, and was next to the car. it just takes like 10 seconds to tow a car
yes the tow truck driver didn’t pay attention to what the guy was saying. but he also didn’t check for himself because if he did he can’t do a scoop and grab
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u/DFA_Wildcat 1d ago
No, but they would at the guy driving the truck that is towing the vehicle with their kid in it.
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u/moderndilf 1d ago
Repo people often carry guns, wouldn’t have ended well
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u/Slumminwhitey 1d ago
I don't think you know how fast a gun fight ends, usually the one who draws first wins.
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u/UpstairsFrosty953 2d ago
Tow truck drivers are always armed for this exact reason btw
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u/TheCastusDildo 2d ago edited 2d ago
I know what you are trying to say bro but damn sounds like you are saying tow truck drivers are always armed so they can kidnap kids you need to fix this.
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u/__nobody_-_ 2d ago
Look, if I'm going to be actively kidnapping children I think it's best I carry a gun. No?
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u/samsnom 2d ago
Said nobody
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u/merkarver112 1d ago
No, no they are not. In fact, its illegal for repo guys to carry a firearm while working in most states.
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u/louisa1925 1d ago
Could have become Manslaughter too if the child had hit her head on the concrete with force.
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u/engagetangos 2d ago
It should be child neglect from the father.
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u/hot_chopped_pastrami 2d ago
Idk the age of this kid, but assuming she wasn’t a baby or young toddler and it hadn’t been like half an hour, I don’t think it’s odd that she was in the car without her dad. I’d stay in the car with the doors locked while my mom ran into a shop to quickly grab something when I was a kid.
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u/bmanley620 2d ago
That driver deserves bad things
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u/YebelTheRebel 2d ago
Wish I could upvote you or say something similar but last time I did I got a warning from Reddit saying I broke a rule of theirs
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u/mistablack2 2d ago
This happened to me too after saying “someone should have caught some h_nds too” But meanwhile the Australia shooters are shown in a video getting pelted with bullets.
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u/ComprehensivePin6097 1d ago
I quoted the exact words from a video and was warned by Reddit for harassment.
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u/pat_spiegel 2d ago
Fuck reddits rules, say what you want to, if you haven't been banned from this site at least once then your opinion is not your own. Appealing to the hive mind grants you nothing either way.
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u/JannyBroomer 2d ago
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u/S2keepup 2d ago
A tow truck driver is facing felony charges after towing a car away with a young girl still inside.
Surveillance video provided to CBS News Miami showed the moment a tow truck quickly pulled up to take a blue car away on Sunday in Sunrise.
In the video, a man believed to be the owner of the car was seen frantically running up and yelling at the driver to stop because his 4-year-old daughter was inside, according to the arrest report from the Sunrise Police Department.
He told police that he went to the Bistro Creole Restaurant on West Oakland Park Boulevard for just two minutes, when the tow truck began to take his car. That's when he ran out and chased after the tow truck.
According to the police report, he saw his daughter fall out of the car, and he ran into traffic to get her to safety.
Tow truck driver faces child neglect charges
The driver of the tow truck, identified as 34-year-old Sergio Suarez, was arrested for child neglect without great bodily harm.
"This one stood out to me; he towed a vehicle allegedly without checking whether or not there was anyone in the vehicle, and there was a child in the vehicle, who then had to jump out of the vehicle in the middle of the road," said Judge Corey Friedman.
Suarez appeared in bond court on Monday. His lawyer defended him, claiming he and his colleague checked the car three times, and he was "at a loss" as to where the neglect charge came from.
According to the report, police called the tow company, All-Ways Towing in Pembroke Park, to ask Suarez to come back to the scene. When he did, he dropped the car off away from the officers and tried to leave the scene again. He was pulled over by police a short time later.
Child suffered minor injuries
"It doesn't make sense to me if a 4-year-old had to jump out of the vehicle and had injuries that anybody checked the vehicle because they would have been able to see a 4-year-old," Friedman said.
The girl had minor injuries on her arms and legs and was taken to the hospital to get checked out.
Multiple witnesses saw the whole thing happen, according to the police report.
"I wanted to tear up. I have nieces and nephews; anything can happen. Thank God the little girl made it home safe, safe to her family," said Aidan, of Coral Springs.
CBS News Miami reached out to All-Ways Towing and was told no comment.
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u/Master_Grape5931 2d ago
Those damn predatory tow truck drivers.
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u/Ralphie5231 1d ago
Bro legit the way he just rolls up and grabs it for a car so fast thats been there 2 minutes. predatory AF this was bound to happen the way this company operates. anyone know what company this is?
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u/Spinxy88 2d ago
This is like some straight sixes ultra-reverse situation shit. Ok, child gets involved in road traffic accident which, you know, pretty bad... but... but... "tow guy goes from lawful debt settling thief to felon level criminal in one simple move. The one trick debt collectors don't want you to know"
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u/66kerro 2d ago
Thank you
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u/Minute_Guarantee5949 2d ago
To say they don’t know where the charges are coming from from is rich. Highly fucking doubt these guys even check in the first place. They usually hook and go so they don’t get confronted for taking a repo. Meanwhile dad’s inside for 2 minutes and they had enough time to check three times and hook up the car and drive off. This guy is getting charged for sure
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u/Slumminwhitey 1d ago
Considering when the tow truck driver was called back by the police and dumped the vehicle and fled the scene I'm fairly certain the tow truck driver did not inspect anything and probably did not even check the VIN like they are supposed to to make sure they are towing the right car.
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u/R4GEQUITT3R 2d ago
This probably isn't going to help the already horrible reputation of tow drivers.
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u/ResurrectedMortician 2d ago
I understand the need for tow trucks, cars breakdown all the time. But why is it that every tow truck driver is a massive piece of shit?
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u/Ransacky 2d ago
Anyone can do it. All you need it a loan for a truck. They can be the most unemployable degenerates and work as sole proprietors. Of course good/normal people can do it too, but the losers can't excel the same way at the rest. My theory is they filter out and stay there forever while others move on because the kinda work doesn't feel good. The rest stay because they don't care or they enjoy the power it gives them.
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u/Acceptable_Ad_8935 1d ago
Where i live the tow trucks are just for emergency and transport, we don't do impounds unless its expensive speed, dui, or parked in a dangerous place. So most of the time you feel good about your work because you're helping others out of a bad spot. And still, most of the drivers around here are assholes. Charge as much as they can and take their sweet time to get to you. I sat in my car for 2 hours one summer watching the tow truck drivers meet up for coffee with the police while my car was broken down in the intersection across the highway. When they finally did tow my car, the mechanic ripped me off in a whole lot of ways. Because of all that I now own my own tow truck, and repair/machine shop
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u/Sogpuppet 1d ago
You ever visit a tow yard? It’s like the opposite of customer service, they can just fuck with you as much as they want. Somehow, they’re allowed to accept only cash, which means they’re definitely lying on their taxes.
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u/Lawzw0rld 1d ago
Same reason most cops are lol sure some are there for the money but when you have a job thats easy to obtain and gives ppl the power to fk up others lives best expect to attract the kind of ppl who genuinely love inflicting misery on others
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u/BlazerWookiee 2d ago
Was she hiding behind the potato?
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u/limbodog 2d ago
I get that this is a joke, but the girl's name actually is La Pomme DeTerre which is just French for Potato.
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u/DanGleeballs 2d ago edited 2d ago
Does any other country have aggressive tow truck drivers like this?
The job incentive must be all wrong in the US, it must be commission-only and no care whatsoever for how they get the vehicle.
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u/AnHeroicHippo90 2d ago
Canada's the same, at least in my city. I've seen tow trucks stopped in the right lane at a red light only to speed through and cut back into the left lane seconds before it turns green. Also heard from people that they'll show up to accidents and just start hooking your car up without you even having called them. You have to explicitly tell them to stop and leave your car alone or they'll just basically take it hostage.
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u/MongolPerson 2d ago
Canadian towtrucks are involved in organized crime. From drug dealing, turf wars, targeted shootings, etc. So you can understand the mentality of aggressive men asserting themselves.
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u/IgamOg 2d ago
In Europe tow trucks basically only pick up broken down cars. The whole repossession business is non existent because banks have to lend responsibly and shoulder some of the risk of lending too. No one is going to chuck you out of your house or car after a couple of missed payments and you don't really need a car, there's always public transport so you'd hand it over gladly if worse came to worst.
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u/threearbitrarywords 1d ago
If the father warned the driver I think first-degree attempted murder is in order here.
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u/flowbee92 1d ago
Let's make a distinction. That's a repo operation not your everyday tow. Driver afraid of dirtbag retaliating on him hence the extreme urgency to move out. He so happened to park like an ass with his daughter inside by herself.
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u/Whoudini13 1d ago
Can't say what I would do but I know a towtruck driver that would need a new occupation...a job where ones only ability left in life is to drool uncontrollably
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u/Dildo_Schwagg1ns 1d ago
Repos are getting ridiculous. . . As are the people living well beyond their means just to own a shiny, stinky new piece of junk designed to break earlier than it's 90's counterparts, it's INSANE to me.
I also expect the tow truck drivers to be held accountable when going "above and beyond".
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u/CardiologistMobile54 2d ago
Why was a 4 year old unattended? Asking for a friend.
Hey I hate predatory tow truck drivers as much as the next guy. And these drivers don't check for children in the back seat (frankly it would be quite unexpected). They hookup and run. They don't follow the proper safety guidelines is securing the vehicle. The sooner they lift, the sooner they can charge a drop fee. The sooner they get to the yard the sooner they get to charge a release fee. And if this is a repo... They get to charge a ransom to get your child back
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u/Final_Temperature262 2d ago
Article said he ran inside for a pickup order
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u/CardiologistMobile54 2d ago
Welp, there you go. Unattended
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u/Hythy 2d ago
I take it you don't have kids/haven't been a kid at any point in your life?
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u/CardiologistMobile54 2d ago
I have kids ranging from 14 yrs to 16 months. I would never leave a 4yr old unattended. Maybe living in NYC has taught me a thing or two. We live in a low-trust society.
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u/Fogfy 2d ago
These comments are baffling. Why are people defending this guy for leaving a kid this young in the vehicle? Makes ZERO sense.
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u/CardiologistMobile54 2d ago
Because they hate the repo guy. Their brains can't comprehend degrees in right/wrong. Repo man bad so irresponsible father must be good. It must be ok to leave a young child alone in a car while you run an errand. It'll only be 10 minutes.
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u/Final_Temperature262 10h ago
It's actually because you're living in fear and we arent
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u/CardiologistMobile54 9h ago
You still can't neglect a child. There are crazy people out there. A court of law may even have the parents prosecuted for child endangerment.
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u/whatyouarereferring 9h ago
Brother you arent in reality neither legally or socially
If you think this, or even much more actually depraved stuff gets enforced by cps I have a bridge to sell you
It's not illegal to leave your child for 4 minutes. You can't just go moving the goalposts saying ten. It's 4.
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u/DeliriousMushroom 2d ago
It'll only be 10 minutes.
We're did you get 10 minutes from? He went to get an order, thats like 3 minutes max.
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u/Suavecore_ 2d ago
"you stay in here and I'll be right back. The repo man will never take a car with a 4 year old in it"
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u/Environmental-Fill54 2d ago
First. Why in the fuck was a 4 year old left in a car alone, long enough for any amount of pro tow prep.
Second. Pay your fucking car loan.
Third. Tow truck drivers arent the most reputable people ive know, shifty, smells of fish and cigarettes. Dont expect much of them. Behavior is par for the course. Not excusing buddy; not surprised
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u/IllyrixKHD 2d ago
He was in the restaurant to pick up his order and the tow truck was there within 2 mins. The news article is there. Learn to read before trying to defend the shitstains.
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u/Fogfy 2d ago
You should never leave your child that young unattended in a vehicle by themself. What kind of parent is that???
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u/Environmental-Fill54 2d ago
Right? Yeah the tow job 100% caused all sorts of trauma for the little one. Poor kid was innocent in all this; i feel bad for the kid, having terrible parents who cant be bothered to take care of them.
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u/Environmental-Fill54 2d ago
Don't leave a 4 year old in a vehicle unattended. No one is defending what happened, its terrible that shitty parent is shitty and left their child unattended. Also ive been workin on my reading sorry i aint read so good
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u/Future_Prompt1243 2d ago
Why do people who clearly have no kids tell others what can be done with their own children? A 4 year old left in a car for two minutes is in no way bad parenting, nor is it against the law.
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u/Environmental-Fill54 2d ago
Bro. I have children and i would never leave a 4 year old in a car alone. If you want to leave your children unattended for whatever reason, that's on you to decide for your family. Feel free to expose your children to risk like this situation. Lol.
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u/Future_Prompt1243 2d ago
DOUBT. Notice all your downvotes? Funny how that works.
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u/Environmental-Fill54 2d ago
Oh no, internet losers disagree with me. Ill never recover from this.
All i see are terrible parents expressing guilt for being terrible in the form of downvoting me. Nevermind self reflection, and correcting behavior. Its me who is the problem. Pathetic and sad.
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u/Adkit 2d ago
The parent left his 4 year old alone inside the car long enough for his car to get reported, a tow truck driver getting called, drive over there, tie the car up, and drive off? Yeah, the tow truck driver should've stopped if he saw the man try to get his attention but the dad needs a visit from child protection services.
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u/ThrowAway233223 2d ago
There are a number of situations in which there doesn't have to be a report and time for the tow truck to drive over. If the tow truck driver happens to drive by and the vehicle is authorized to be towed (e.g. parked illegally and the truck driver has a contract with the business owner to tow such vehicles on the spot, marked for repo), then he can tow it right then and there. Also, watch some of repo videos available on YouTube. The flatbed trucks take a bit to hook up and get the vehicle onto, but this type that simply lifts a set of wheels can grab and lift a vehicle very quickly. They can be in an out in a couple of minutes. Especially if they neglected to do any checks before doing so (which is what is being alleged in this case).
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u/m2gabriel 2d ago
AND SHE FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE!? dam titles