Repo News: Repo Agent Attempts to Retreat

When repossession agents attempt to take a car and a confrontation occurs, repo agents must leave the scene without the car and try again another day or go through the courts.  When a repo agent attempted to retreat from an Idaho home, the homeowner wouldn’t allow it:

The workers intended to leave when Wheeless became aggressive. The victims tried to tell Wheeless they were leaving when he entered the Tahoe, and used it to ram their car.

One of the men recorded with a cellphone while Wheeless then drove the car toward the victim, knocking him into a stack of wood. The victims showed a deputy the video and the bruises caused by the attack.

Wheeless said he calmed down after hitting the victim and talked to them.

This is a good example of why self-help repossessions are inherently dangerous and why they are strictly enforced.

Read more about wrongful repossessions here.