JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The owners of a Jacksonville towing institution that has been utilized by section instrumentality enforcement agencies were arrested Monday and accused of fraud.

Garrison Gaylord, 64, and Gregory Gaylord, 29, owners of Southern Wrecker & Recovery, were arrested for organized fraud by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arsenic the effect of an probe into overbilling customers and clients.

Both JSO and the Florida Highway Patrol had been utilizing the institution successful their telephone rotation to tow distant vehicles progressive successful crashes. Both agencies person stopped moving with the company.

The Gaylords are present being held connected $75,000 bonds.

In a informing missive to Southern Wrecker & Recovery successful 2020 obtained by News4JAX, FHP listed aggregate cases successful which radical were billed for unauthorized charges and warned that if it continued, the institution would beryllium removed from FHP’s rotation.

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