75-Year-Old FL Man Sentenced 2 Years for Shooting at Repossessor

**“He could have took a lot away from my family,” Victim, Repo Man**

High Springs, FL – January 29, 2025 – On a Tuesday morning in February 23’, a father took it upon himself to fire on a repossession agent attempting to recover his daughter’s car. Fast forward almost two years to the day and in an emotional hearing, the now 75-year-old man admitted to the judge that “10 seconds of failure” cost him everything.

It was 9am on Valentine’s day when the Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a call from an employee or owner of a local repossession agency, that shots had been fired at one of their employees during an attempt to repossess a car.

According to reports, the agent, now identified as Frank Harrell Weaver, now 58, arrived at the house and was in the process of lifting the grey, four-door Nissan when the borrower’s father, then 73-year-old Winzoir Von Durr emerged from the house. The agent and Mr. Durr engaged in conversation in which Mr. Durr disputed the delinquency causing the repossession.

According to Weaver’s report to police, Von Durr insisted to go back into the house and provide paperwork to show the agent proof and went inside and left the agent outside.

This differed from what Durr said in court, as he said an agreement was made with Weaver before he entered his home. “I asked him what would it take to leave the car here,” Durr said. “He said money.”

Von Durr also said that his firearm was on him at all times and that the real reason he was going back into his house was to retrieve his checkbook.

Skeptical and perhaps a little impatient, the agent went back to his truck and began to leave with the car in tow when Mr. Durr returned with a black Smith and Wesson Model 59 9mm handgun in hand.

The agent then reported to have heard a loud “pop” and looked back to see Durr on the front porch with the gun aimed at him. He then says that he heard five more shots. It was then that he told police that he then sped away, in fear for his life.

When police arrived, they questioned Durr and seized the pistol from his office. Durr, a man with no prior criminal record, confessed to officers that he knew that his daughter was behind in car payments that he took his gun from his office when he realized the recovery agent was leaving with her car.

Durr allegedly admitted to firing a “warning shot,” before firing three more rounds at the tires to prevent the repossessor from leaving. Four 9mm shell casings were recovered from the yard of the residence.

Durr was arrested and had bail set at $15,000.

At Tuesday’s emotional hearing, Durr’s attorney, Logan Patric Doll, asked for any non-incarceration sentence on the basis of health issues, age and contribution to the community. He argued that because of his client’s own medical issues in addition to his family’s, Durr needed to be present at home.

Durr had also never been convicted of a crime before.

Both the defendant and the victim presented testimony that led to Judge David P Kreider’s decision to sentence Durr to prison after he pleaded no contest to a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent, as well as a charge of firing a weapon into a dwelling.

75-Year-Old FL Man Sentenced 2 Years for Shooting at Repossessor — Winzoir Von Durr at time of 23′ arrest

In Durr’s own words to the judge, “10 seconds of failure” cost him everything.

Frank Harrell Weaver, the now 58-year-old repossessor in the case, spoke Tuesday in court. “He could have took a lot away from my family,” Weaver said. Weaver is a father to seven children and a grandfather to 12.

Durr, now 75, had been appointed to the Alachua County Historical Commission after he had been charged with attempted homicide. County officials had been unaware of the charge and shortly moved to reconsider his appointment. This resulted in his removal from the commission. Durr had also served in the United States Army and been an employee of the Smithsonian Institution.

Following hearing the testimony and weighing the case, Judge David P. Kreider acknowledged the difficulty of this case before announcing his decision.

“It’d be one thing if you maybe fired one warning shot, but multiple shots, you’ve been trained in firearms,” Kreider said. “I think it’s difficult because I think some of this may be based on your age.”

Kreider spoke about the struggle with getting men of older age to give up their firearms, due to the possibility they may make the wrong decision when angry.

“I believed I was trying to save my life and protect my family,” Durr said.

Durr was sentenced to two years concurrent with five years of probation, with a condition to not contact Weaver.

Source: WUFT.com