BMW buried in the ground!
1/19/06, 03:43 PM
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I tried to pull the link up, but I am having some difficulties. Anyway, a few years ago dude blew his engine in his BMW and it would have cost him $8,000 to fix it. Anyway the guy reported that it was stolen and got a check for $22,000. The dude took the car to some property that his parents owned and buried it with some sort of of bull dozer. Anyway, someone ratted the guy out and just recently got busted. He has to pay back the insurance company the $22,000 and has to pay the state of Ohio 15,000 for diggy it up to bust the guy,
Check it out on CNN.com
Check it out on CNN.com
1/19/06, 03:59 PM
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Needs to be more Astony
Buried BMW haunts owner headed to jail
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Karen Farkas
Plain Dealer Reporter
Ravenna -- An Akron man found an unorthodox way to hide his BMW so he could report it stolen and collect $20,000 from his insurance company.
He buried it.
Matthew Mueller, 35, was sentenced Tuesday to a year in prison for insurance fraud, tampering with evidence, falsification and receiving stolen property.
Mueller, who owns a tree service company, will reimburse Progressive Insurance and also pay $15,500 to the State Highway Patrol and Ohio Department of Transportation for their costs, which included bringing equipment from Columbus to dig up the vehicle.
"I guess it was a lot easier to dig a hole and push it in than to dig it out," Assistant Portage County Prosecutor Eugene Muldowney said after the sentencing.
Muldowney gave this account: Mueller decided to get rid of the 1997 BMW because its engine had blown and repair costs were extensive. Mueller rented a backhoe in October, 2002, and buried the car on isolated property owned by his father on Lynn Road in Rootstown Township.
Mueller then told an insurance agent that the car was stolen from Akron, probably by someone who found the car keys that he had lost. He filed a police report and signed insurance documents to get his money.
In 2003 Mueller, worried that one of the friends who knew of his actions might have told authorities, rented a backhoe and tried to dig up the car. He abandoned his efforts after the backhoe became mired in mud and water and was damaged.
Last year, after police received tips, the car was located and excavated.
"It looked like pancake," Muldowney said.
George Keith, Mueller's lawyer, told visiting Portage County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Kainrad that Mueller needed the money to pay business debts after one of his employees embezzled money. Muldowney disagreed, and Keith said later that the employee was never charged.
Mueller pleaded guilty on Aug. 30. He apologized Tuesday and brought restitution checks.
"It was stupidity and completely out of character," he said. "I broke the law and tried to conceal it."
Keith sought probation, but Kainrad cited Mueller's prior convictions, which he said included assault and disorderly conduct.
"I think these cases have disclosed a real character flaw," Kainrad said. "When you are in trouble, you'll do anything to get out of it."
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Karen Farkas
Plain Dealer Reporter
Ravenna -- An Akron man found an unorthodox way to hide his BMW so he could report it stolen and collect $20,000 from his insurance company.
He buried it.
Matthew Mueller, 35, was sentenced Tuesday to a year in prison for insurance fraud, tampering with evidence, falsification and receiving stolen property.
Mueller, who owns a tree service company, will reimburse Progressive Insurance and also pay $15,500 to the State Highway Patrol and Ohio Department of Transportation for their costs, which included bringing equipment from Columbus to dig up the vehicle.
"I guess it was a lot easier to dig a hole and push it in than to dig it out," Assistant Portage County Prosecutor Eugene Muldowney said after the sentencing.
Muldowney gave this account: Mueller decided to get rid of the 1997 BMW because its engine had blown and repair costs were extensive. Mueller rented a backhoe in October, 2002, and buried the car on isolated property owned by his father on Lynn Road in Rootstown Township.
Mueller then told an insurance agent that the car was stolen from Akron, probably by someone who found the car keys that he had lost. He filed a police report and signed insurance documents to get his money.
In 2003 Mueller, worried that one of the friends who knew of his actions might have told authorities, rented a backhoe and tried to dig up the car. He abandoned his efforts after the backhoe became mired in mud and water and was damaged.
Last year, after police received tips, the car was located and excavated.
"It looked like pancake," Muldowney said.
George Keith, Mueller's lawyer, told visiting Portage County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Kainrad that Mueller needed the money to pay business debts after one of his employees embezzled money. Muldowney disagreed, and Keith said later that the employee was never charged.
Mueller pleaded guilty on Aug. 30. He apologized Tuesday and brought restitution checks.
"It was stupidity and completely out of character," he said. "I broke the law and tried to conceal it."
Keith sought probation, but Kainrad cited Mueller's prior convictions, which he said included assault and disorderly conduct.
"I think these cases have disclosed a real character flaw," Kainrad said. "When you are in trouble, you'll do anything to get out of it."
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