Chicago rogue towing improving, but threat remains: OIG report
Chicago's rogue towing problem is getting better, but the threat to motorists remains, according to the newest report from the Office of the Inspector General.
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Chicago's rogue towing problem is getting better, but the threat to motorists remains, according to the newest report from the Office of the Inspector General.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias' bill to crack down on rogue tow truck companies and strengthen oversight has been sent to the desk of Gov. JB Pritzker.
A cancer patient says his car has disappeared after he was involved in a crash on the way to a doctor's appointment and a random tow truck driver showed up and took his car to a body shop.
A new law will begin targeting rogue tow truck companies in Illinois, starting Jan. 1, 2026, seeking to stop tow companies from rebranding under a new name if they're proven to have predatory practices.
Chicago police are looking for a tow truck driver who they said shot at a woman after a minor crash overnight.
Three people were arrested after police said they chased a tow truck driver with a gun in West Englewood while he was repossessing a car.
Industry advocates in the towing industry said driver's too often face the risk of being shot and injured or killed on the job when reposessing vehicles, and more protections should be in place.
A tow truck driver's dashcam recorded a harrowing chase at gunpoint through West Englewood last night, as he was repossessing a car.
Police said the two truck driver was trying to tow a vehicle when he was approached by a dark car in the 7200 block of South Paulina Street around 10:45 p.m. Someone inside the car pointed a gun at the tow truck driver.
The laws close a loophole where illegal tow operators re-register under a new business name and ban AI bots from posing as therapists.
Chicago has paid out on only 76 tow damage claims in nine years.
CBS News Chicago has calls out to police and is waiting to get more information.
Victims can now file civil lawsuits against rule-breaking tow operators, and police will have the ability to tow away and impound predatory companies' tow trucks.
A key City Council committe backed an ordinance that sponsors said would allow police to impound rule-breaking tow companies' trucks.
The cars were taken to unknown locations by a fictitious tow company, and the victims tried to contact the tow truck driver and company with no success, police said.
A man was driving east on 79th Street near Stony Island Avenue in a sedan, when he hit a tow truck.
The crash happened on 79th Street near Stony Island Avenue.
Christopher Sponholz, 39, of Waukesha, Wisconsin is charged with felony hit-and-run involving death in the hit-and-run that killed Hussain Farhat, 40, on Christmas Eve Tuesday,
Christopher Sponholz is charged with felony hit-and-run involving death in the crash that killed Hussain Farhat.
Two people were in police custody late Friday after the 36-mile pursuit on I-55. Asal Rezaei reports.
A Chicago mom who asked to remain anonymous is one of the towing company's latest victims.
Alderpeople are looking to try to stop rogue towers from making thousands off drivers who thought they were signing their car away to someone they could trust.
Police said Anderson texted one of the victims pretending to be a sheriff's deputy and told her he could make criminal charges go away in exchange for explicit photos and sex acts.
This order comes less than a month after CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey first exposed the company's history of complaints.
CBS 2's Lauren Victory reports, police said there is no one in custody.
