Crossville, TN – May 6, 2022 – 54-year-old William Walton, employee of Cookeville Towing and Recovery found out the hard way why you don’t reach inside an occupied vehicle during a repossession attempt.
According to police reports, at about 2am on Wednesday, Walton and 49-year-old Henry Linde, owner of Cookeville Towing and Recovery, arrived at the Speedway on Genesis Road in Crossville to repossess a 2006 Nissan Frontier.
Having located the vehicle, they found it occupied by the sleeping registered owner, Thomas Alan Uchytil, age 57.
The men then reportedly woke Mr. Uchytil urging him to exit the vehicle, which he refused to do and locked it from inside.
Attempting to block Mr. Uchytil from leaving, Mr. Linde stepped in front of the vehicle while Mr. Walton, unwisely, reached through the window in an attempt to unlock it or snatch the keys.
Predictably, Mr. Uchytil fired up the vehicle and fled. Hitting a parked semi in his flight, Mr. Uchytil maintained Mr. Walton’s arm in the window and dragged him from the Speedway and toward the I-40 overpass.
It was here that Mr. Walton managed to free his arm and was thrown from the speeding truck. Walton suffered multiple abrasions and a dislocated shoulder.
In the meanwhile, Mr. Linde called police and tracked the Nissan on his phone until police caught up to the borrower at Wells Road.
Mr. Uchytil was placed under arrest and booked into the Cumberland County Justice Center.
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