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Man accused of skipping fee

By From staff reports
Published in News on September 9, 2016 10:04 AM

A man has been accused of taking his truck from George's Body Shop without paying the towing fee required to legally get his truck back.

According to a report, John Christian Harrell's truck was towed to George's Body Shop on Sept. 2, by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office.

On Sept. 3, around 10:30 a.m., Harrell went to the body shop and told a man at the shop he needed to get inside his truck to get his credit card so he could pay the $200 fee to get his truck back.

Harrell, 34, of 205 Riverhaven Drive, then reportedly went to his truck, started it up and sped away from the body shop. Harrell also reportedly hit a parked car while backing up, causing $1,000 in damages to the parked ca