Stolen Car from Used Car Lot

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A detective calls a man to say the car he bought from a used car lot is stolen and must be impounded, but the man refuses and demands compensation.

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Speaker 1

Hello.

Speaker 2

Hello.

Speaker 2

I'm trying to reach a uh Trevor, please.

Speaker 1

Okay.

Speaker 1

Yeah, that's me.

Speaker 2

Sir, you purchased a uh Navy blue from um a used car lot dealership called uh B Car Lot.

Speaker 2

I don't know, maybe six or seven months ago, am I right?

Speaker 1

Right.

Speaker 1

It was six months ago.

Okay.

Speaker 2

Now you've been paying notes on this car, I know, for the last six months.

Speaker 1

Right.

Speaker 2

And you know, I I hate to be uh a a burden of bad news.

Speaker 2

Actually, my name is uh Detective Justin, and I'm giving you a call to let you know that the actual vehicle, this two thousand one Navy blue sh that you purchased is actually uh a a a stolen vehicle.

Speaker 2

And we've actually been looking for this car for the last uh been pretty much close to a year now, maybe a little over a year, we've been looking for this.

Speaker 2

I work in the uh auto theft division and

Speaker 1

hold on.

Speaker 1

Who you say you are again?

Speaker 2

Detective Justin, sir.

Speaker 2

And I'm in the uh auto theft division here at the police department.

Speaker 1

Auto theft, wait a minute, hold on, hold on, hold on.

Speaker 1

I think you got the wrong I think you got the wrong guy, man, because um my car my car's legit.

Speaker 2

No, sir.

Speaker 2

It's it's it's it's and I've done the trace on on an and I know this is probably uh a shock to you, but it you we're we're right on point with this thing.

Speaker 2

You've got a 2001 Navy blue you did buy it, you did buy it at the b car lot dealership, and that uh and it's the exact one the license plates, sir.

Speaker 2

They do match up, and uh I know this is a bit of a shock to you, but your car is actually a stolen car.

Speaker 2

So the dealership, sir, actually sold you a stolen car.

Speaker 2

And I know you did not know that.

Speaker 2

I know that it was not any information that you already knew, and I know you thought that you were just purchasing a legitimate car.

Speaker 2

But you have a stolen car, uh, Mr.

Speaker 2

Trevor.

Speaker 1

And uh No, man, no, I think you got the wrong person because this this car is not stolen for real.

Speaker 1

Man, this is not stolen.

Speaker 2

Sir, I can go all day with you and try to make you understand what's going on here, and I know it's probably some some blurry information that's not clear to you, but at the end of the day, your car is stolen.

Speaker 2

I am gonna have to either get someone to come out and impound it, or you

Speaker 1

No, no, I I think y'all might need to go back over y'all records then because I think y'all um on the real, I think y'all got the wrong person.

Speaker 2

Just it can't be a good one.

Speaker 1

Sir, for real.

Speaker 2

I'm gonna tell you once, and I'm gonna tell you again, you have a car that's stolen that I have to have in my possession by the end of the day.

Speaker 2

You got sir, you you have a stolen car, and you're gonna need to bring that car into the police station so we can get this thing rectified.

Speaker 1

I'm a R.

Speaker 1

Man.

Speaker 1

Hold on, let me talk about this, man.

Speaker 1

Because I don't know about all this you're telling me for real.

Speaker 2

Sir, I understand what you're saying, but do you realize you're talking to a police officer here?

Speaker 2

I am detective, I am detective Justin.

Speaker 1

I am oh who you are, man.

Speaker 1

I'm still gonna call it.

Speaker 2

Hold on, is no longer, sir.

Speaker 2

We've had to actually shut them down for the time being until we get a quite a few cars rectified that I've got more than just your vehicle, sir, that's been that that has auto theft tied to it.

Speaker 1

Man, hold on.

Speaker 2

There's two things.

Speaker 2

Either you're gonna bring it to me or I'm gonna come get it.

Speaker 1

Now which one you wanna do.

Speaker 1

Ain't coming to get for real.

Speaker 2

Sir, I don't want to have this to have to get go to a level of where it doesn't need to be.

Speaker 2

But I need to get that car in my possession.

Speaker 1

Okay, look, look, look, listen what I'm telling you.

Speaker 1

Okay, are you listening?

Speaker 2

I'm listening, sir.

Speaker 1

Okay, look.

Speaker 1

Unless somebody's gonna pay me my three hundred at seventy seven dollars at fifty-two cents I've been paying for the last six months.

Speaker 1

Unless you're gonna pay me that, give me back my My that I trade in to get this.

Speaker 1

Now I ain't trying to hear sh what you talking about.

Speaker 1

For real.

Speaker 1

Now this is a b you coming at me with, man.

Speaker 1

I work too hard to be keeping up these notes right here, man.

Speaker 1

And I got that and my wrist to take care of.

Speaker 1

And you come to talking about you shouldn't take my car because something that happened before I bought it.

Speaker 1

Which I don't even know.

Speaker 1

If this is true, like I said, I think you messed I think you got me mixed up with somebody else.

Speaker 1

Why the f y'all just now coming at me talking this?

Speaker 1

I ain't heard nothing about this before.

Speaker 2

Sir, it's taking us a while to actually track down the car and actually find out exactly where it was.

Speaker 2

I've I've I've I've tracked this car sweet for the last eight, nine months, and I finally found it.

Speaker 2

You are the one that's actually has it in your possession.

Speaker 2

It happens all the time.

Speaker 2

It's an unlikely situation, but I gotta get you to bring it in.

Speaker 1

And I'm I'm saying I ain't bringing in.

Speaker 1

You hear me?

Speaker 1

I ain't bringing in.

Speaker 1

Y'all not coming to get from me unless somebody give me my $37, 52 cents I've been paying for the last six months, plus give my t back.

Speaker 2

Sir, I'm sure your probably long gone by now.

Speaker 1

That'll mean something.

Speaker 1

Okay, then y'all gonna need to at least just come with the money.

Speaker 1

Come with the money.

Speaker 1

I just go get another license somewhere else.

Speaker 2

Sir, I'm not I can't sit here and negotiate with you.

Speaker 2

I'm just a detective that's on this actual case.

Speaker 2

And I know it's a trying situation, but I am going to have to send some officers out there that that do this type of thing.

Speaker 1

They pick up these cars and bring them into the I wish you would send somebody out here to come get my car.

Speaker 1

And if you can't negotiate with me, you need to find somebody can.

Speaker 1

No, I you know.

Speaker 1

You bring somebody out here if you want to.

Speaker 1

Don't bring somebody.

Speaker 1

I got some f hell.

Speaker 1

I've been working too hard, man.

Speaker 1

I'm working in a great nation, and then I'm putting it in the overtime and trying to stay late sometimes.

Speaker 1

Man, I'm I'm working too hard to try to keep this car, man.

Speaker 1

So bring your out here if you want to, for real.

Speaker 2

Sir

Speaker 2

Sir, sir, calm.

Speaker 2

I I I gotta get you calmed down.

Speaker 1

I mean you're getting a little out.

Speaker 1

My car stole that y'all talking about him to get it from me.

Speaker 2

Sir, I I I know this is a surprise, and I understand that.

Speaker 2

And you got a great, you got an honest living, an honest job, and I understand that.

Speaker 2

But some people have done some dishonest things, and that's what's happened here.

Speaker 2

Somebody's done.

Speaker 1

That ain't my problem right there.

Speaker 1

That ain't my problem.

Speaker 1

I'm gonna f y'all up.

Speaker 1

That's all I'm saying.

Speaker 2

You know what?

Speaker 2

I don't want to go any further.

Speaker 2

Can I say one more thing to you?

Speaker 2

Can I do that?

What?

Speaker 2

This is nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey Morning Show.

Speaker 2

You just got pranked by your cousin Eric.

Speaker 1

Who did you say this was?

Speaker 2

This is nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey Morning Show.

Speaker 2

You got pranked by your cousin.

Speaker 2

Trevor, you all right?

Speaker 1

Hold on, hold on.

Speaker 2

All right, man.

Speaker 2

Let me ask you something.

Speaker 2

You gotta tell me, baby, what's the baddest radio show in the land?

Speaker 1

It's that Steve Harvey morning show.