DCRA Revokes Youngin's Business Licenses
posted 10:33 am Wed October 10, 2007 - Washington
DCRA first moved to revoke the towing company's licenses back in April after investigating six public complaints against the company over a five-month period. Youngin's appealed the decision and an administrative law judge finally upheld the DCRA's decision on Wednesday.
Several witnesses testified against Youngin's during the September hearing.
Maurice Moore says Youngin's did not notify him when it towed his car and then sold the vehicle."They didn't notify anybody. They just took the car and sold it and its just something they could get away with and apparently they've been getting away with for years," said Moore.
Investigators say Youngin's trucks prowled district streets, towing illegally parked or ticketed vehicles without notifying the Department of Public Works, as is required by law. Attorneys for the city also argued that the tow company's owner over-charged, would only accept payment in cash, and verbally abused people who retrieved their vehicles.
"Youngin's towing is a big rip off and he's a crook," said complainant Leroy Atkins.
Jams Gee, the owner of Youngin's, said he was the victim of a city investigator with a vendetta against him.
"Everybody's angry; nobody wants to get towed. I'm only the fall guy so if you the fall guy you take the abuse."
According to a DCRA statement, "the revocation prevents Youngin's from operating a towing business or a towing storage facility."
Latest Comment on DCRA Revokes Youngin's Business Licenses
67onereader
1:00 pm on 10/11/07
All I can say is, "there are a lot of bad eggs in the towing business." These drivers are exactly Class "A" citizens either. Some onwers are former convicts who reluctanly started their own business. Fortunately for them Towing is a lucrative business. Otherwise they would still be "carjacking" instead of "towing." This is just a form of criminal interprise that looks legal when done right. "Prosecute and Revoke his license."
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