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Old Oct 31st 2020, 6:30 pm
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Well this article was an interesting read, never would have thought there would be so much violence associated with tow trucks.

This lawyer who was hired by an insurance company to deal with bogus claims, had her office set on fire, a co-worker had a gun pressed against their head and threatened, someone shot into the office during business hours, and got to the point, police gave her and her family an hour to pack and sent them out of country into hiding for 5 months. Now back in Canada police believes she is low risk of being harmed provided she doesn't reopen her law firm.

Almost sounds like a plot from a movie, but this was real life in Ontario.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/w5/thi...stry-1.5167869

What a crazy world.
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Old Oct 31st 2020, 7:08 pm
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They are the equivalent of garbage disposal firms in NJ. You don’t mess with them.
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Well this article was an interesting read, never would have thought there would be so much violence associated with tow trucks.

This lawyer who was hired by an insurance company to deal with bogus claims, had her office set on fire, a co-worker had a gun pressed against their head and threatened, someone shot into the office during business hours, and got to the point, police gave her and her family an hour to pack and sent them out of country into hiding for 5 months. Now back in Canada police believes she is low risk of being harmed provided she doesn't reopen her law firm.

Almost sounds like a plot from a movie, but this was real life in Ontario.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/w5/thi...stry-1.5167869

What a crazy world.
Woah - Scary stuff! Having read the article, she's lucky to have got protection from the sound of it! Who knew that Tow-Truck business was so (lucrative) violent!
I had no idea that '
criminal elements have been battling for lucrative control of the major highways around the Toronto area. It has resulted in more than 50 arsons, multiple shootings and at least four murders.
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Well this article was an interesting read, never would have thought there would be so much violence associated with tow trucks.

This lawyer who was hired by an insurance company to deal with bogus claims, had her office set on fire, a co-worker had a gun pressed against their head and threatened, someone shot into the office during business hours, and got to the point, police gave her and her family an hour to pack and sent them out of country into hiding for 5 months. Now back in Canada police believes she is low risk of being harmed provided she doesn't reopen her law firm.

Almost sounds like a plot from a movie, but this was real life in Ontario.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/w5/thi...stry-1.5167869

What a crazy world.
Doesn't surprise me at all. Bikie gangs run them here.
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Doesn't surprise me at all. Bikie gangs run them here.
I wouldn't be surprised if Hells Angels is somehow involved with them in BC, just never hear anything on the news about tow trucks and violence, so the article surprised me.











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