Troubles with Tow Trucks

By Morgan Brickley

Many weird circumstances can surround a DUI offense. One’s inhibitions are down and one thing leads to another.

In some instances, people break into establishments or end up stealing, not realizing their actions will be dealt with and there are consequences.

Take 29-year-old Timothy Peare, for example in Bethlehem, Pa. He attempted to steal a tow truck from Saucon Collision hoping to remove his vehicle from an impound.

His vehicle was taken there earlier in the evening. He never actually drove the tow truck off the property, but he had started the vehicle with the intent to help get his car back.

It appears he had a DUI arrest earlier that day and just wanted to get his vehicle.

Now he is faced with more than just a DUI charge.  The police are charging Peare with a criminal attempt to steal a vehicle, theft from a vehicle and loitering/prowling at nighttime.

Another instance of a drunk driver , Claud Gipson- Reynolds, stole a fire truck in Sonoma County, Calif. after he got his car stuck in the mud.

He thought it would be a good idea to break into the fire house to at first call a tow truck. When he saw the fire truck the bright idea popped into his head to “borrow” the fire truck to help push his vehicle out of the mud.

But he also got the fire truck stuck in the mud about 20 feet away from his car.  He then decided to call a tow truck from the fire truck radio’s engine, but instead of a tow truck coming to his rescue, the highway patrol rolled up to the scene.

Gipson-Reynolds was arrested and spent a night in the “drunk tank.” Later he stated this whole incident helped him to realize he had a drinking problem, and he will think twice before he gets into a car to drink and drive.

Many should think about the DUI penalties and aftermath of their decisions they may face if convicted of DUI.

Sources: The New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle