Sorry that should have been "without"

Shops can legally withhold a customers vehicle. I work in a body shop and we do it. If you returned a vehicle to a customer withouth securing payment, you have no leverage to get your money.

voice of reason you don't know what you are talking about .he broke into private property.

I am not sure why he ran from police. I think from a legal stand point the police could not intervine. If he could show he was the leagal owner of the truck the shop owner had no legal right to hold it for payment. It was an issue for the civil courts. Now this idiot is facing criminal charges.

Rents/owns a front end loader, and probably damages his truck even more since he couldn't pay for repairs...genius