Arikastarr
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? California
My daughters car was towed from our home in Cypress by Long Beach Police Dept in Feb 07.
We were never contacted by them and had to make many calls before being told that they had taken it as evidence in a 2005 Burglary. They had a video of 2 men taking items from a store and leaving in my daughters car. The detective stated that my daughter had not taken part in this crime, but was a passenger and the vehicle was registered to her so they wanted her to tell them the names of the 2 men. Once again he told her that she was not a suspect , therefore there were no charges against her. She did not want to give up the names so the detective told her that if she wanted her car back,she would have to pay the store $450 restitution. My daughter verbally agreed , though she had no money at the time. I wouldn't pay it as I thought it was wrong . My daughter ended up in jail a month later for an unrelated charge .I called the detective the next month to find out what was being done with the car as I was making the monthly payments to the finance co. i was told that it was still being held and until the 2 men were identified, the car would not be released. Its been 16months and I received a notice of release & Lien Sale stating $5400 was to be paid to get it. Is this legal? #1, my daughter wasn't charged in the crime, #2 the case never filed. Why did they take her car, and keep it impounded for 16 months ? We didn't get a search warrant and the police never approached us before taking the car. What ca I do to get the car back before its sold?
My daughters car was towed from our home in Cypress by Long Beach Police Dept in Feb 07.
We were never contacted by them and had to make many calls before being told that they had taken it as evidence in a 2005 Burglary. They had a video of 2 men taking items from a store and leaving in my daughters car. The detective stated that my daughter had not taken part in this crime, but was a passenger and the vehicle was registered to her so they wanted her to tell them the names of the 2 men. Once again he told her that she was not a suspect , therefore there were no charges against her. She did not want to give up the names so the detective told her that if she wanted her car back,she would have to pay the store $450 restitution. My daughter verbally agreed , though she had no money at the time. I wouldn't pay it as I thought it was wrong . My daughter ended up in jail a month later for an unrelated charge .I called the detective the next month to find out what was being done with the car as I was making the monthly payments to the finance co. i was told that it was still being held and until the 2 men were identified, the car would not be released. Its been 16months and I received a notice of release & Lien Sale stating $5400 was to be paid to get it. Is this legal? #1, my daughter wasn't charged in the crime, #2 the case never filed. Why did they take her car, and keep it impounded for 16 months ? We didn't get a search warrant and the police never approached us before taking the car. What ca I do to get the car back before its sold?