When reporters set out to quantify the impact of a Connecticut law that allows companies to sell some cars they’ve towed after just 15 days, the DMV said records would cost $47,000; it has revised the ...
The plans to reform towing laws in this year’s legislative session follow a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation that found people’s cars can be sold just 15 days after they’re towed.
The tow truck company that regularly roamed her Hamden, Connecticut, apartment complex was back, and it had zeroed in on her recently purchased 1998 Dodge Neon.
Authorities say the Norwalk Police Department unmarked vehicle was responding to a call for service when the man on a bicycle ...
This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica through its Local Reporting Network. Melissa Anderson was trying to wrestle her squirmy 2-year-old daughter into a winter coat in December ...
And, DMV records show, the agency quickly approved MyHoopty’s application to sell the car. What happened to Anderson exemplifies how Connecticut’s laws have come to favor tow companies at the ...
I submitted a request to the DMV under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act. Two-and-a-half years later, it seems the DMV doesn’t even know the answer — and we’re still waiting for ...
The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles said ... period that tow truck companies have to wait before requesting the DMV’s permission to sell people’s vehicles. “This will be a priority ...