HARRISBURG, Pa.—The International Towing and Recovery Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has a memorial wall in remembrance of the 556 tow truck operators who have died in the line of duty. Among them is David Duchnik Jr., who grew up riding in his father’s tow truck in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. “When he got his driver’s license,…

Crown prosecutors have stayed charges for six people involved in high-profile violence between rival tow-truck companies in the Greater Toronto Area, despite being accused of more than 70 criminal acts of arson, murder, and property damage. In February 2020, the York Regional Police (YRP) launched Project Platinum in response to violence and criminal activities between…

All tow-truck operators on contract with the City of Ottawa have refused to remove the heavy vehicles associated with the “Freedom Convoy” from the downtown core, the city manager says. Steve Kanellakos says the consensus seems to be that many of the companies don’t want to do the work because the heavy truck industry is…

A 35-year-old Anaheim man is facing charges after allegedly using a tow truck to steal vehicles. The vehicles were taken in Fullerton between February 14 and March 13, Fullerton police said in a March 25 statement. In each of the three thefts, witness accounts or surveillance footage revealed a white tow truck was used to…

Two more provincial police officers have been charged over allegations of corruption related to the province’s tow truck industry. Inspector Steve Grosjean, 62, of the Ontario Provincial Police’s highway safety division in Mississauga, is facing a breach of trust charge. The OPP also arrested 57-year old Const. Bindo Showan on charges of secret commissions and…