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Woman Spent Six Days in Jail for 'Stolen' Rental Car She Returned Six Years Ago

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  • @Kahless_the_Unforgettable
    @Kahless_the_Unforgettable5 ай бұрын

    This shouldn't be a civil case against Enterprise. This should be a criminal case. Isn't filing a false report illegal?

  • @GamesFromSpace

    @GamesFromSpace

    5 ай бұрын

    Being wrong isn't actually a crime, thankfully. It's not a "false report" unless they intentionally lied, it's just stupid. That said, it doesn't mean they're not liable for the harm, it's just not criminal. Edit: Before interjecting, keep reading all the other comments which explain why what you're about to say is wrong. Or at least see if somebody already said the exact thing you're about to say. Unless the rental company *deliberately* lied on a police report, it's not a crime. Being stupid and very wrong *on a police report* is not a crime by itself, nor should it be. This is exactly what civil liability is for.

  • @Kahless_the_Unforgettable

    @Kahless_the_Unforgettable

    5 ай бұрын

    @@GamesFromSpace This goes FAR beyond "Being wrong". If a doctor is "Wrong" and he causes someone's death, is he liable? (Yep). Ask Steve this, if a Lawyer is wrong, and he causes someone to lose their freedom or money, is he liable? (Absolutely). This woman was sent to jail because some fool was wrong. At the very least, that fool should spend six days on jail, just like her. Her record should be expunged. The fool's record shouldn't. Thankfully, you're a clown who doesn't know what you're talking about.

  • @GamesFromSpace

    @GamesFromSpace

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Kahless_the_UnforgettableI *said* they were liable... You just wrote a whole paragraph arguing about the thing I agreed about. Liable doesn't mean it was a crime.

  • @nnelg8139

    @nnelg8139

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@GamesFromSpace Being wrong can be a crime, if it rises to the level of "criminal neglegence".

  • @markcalhoun8219

    @markcalhoun8219

    5 ай бұрын

    I'd do both if I could afford it.

  • @bluekitty3731
    @bluekitty37315 ай бұрын

    So if the car was never returned, how did Enterprise know it was damaged?

  • @corsairsofnarshaddaa

    @corsairsofnarshaddaa

    5 ай бұрын

    I think that was their double-down after she proved she did return it.

  • @jonathanjohnson8656

    @jonathanjohnson8656

    5 ай бұрын

    As Columbo would say " one more thing ". Lol

  • @spvillano

    @spvillano

    5 ай бұрын

    The psychic friends network, of course.

  • @Hamish_A

    @Hamish_A

    5 ай бұрын

    Oh you, using logic and things! Clearly don't work for enterprise. 😂😂

  • @palemale2501

    @palemale2501

    5 ай бұрын

    It was damaged so bad, that they cannot find any pieces of it lol

  • @michaelmedley6965
    @michaelmedley69655 ай бұрын

    Isn't it odd that all a major corporation has to do is ACCUSE someone of theft. Then, despite proof showing that someone is, in fact, innocent. The police then arrest and jail that person, again with no proof, for an indefinite period of time.

  • @jarnosaarinen4583

    @jarnosaarinen4583

    4 ай бұрын

    Wormerican way!

  • @WBradleyRobbins

    @WBradleyRobbins

    2 ай бұрын

    That is because the coruts and police work for monied interests FIRST. Average Joes have to fight and lose most of what they have to even attempt to get out from under their BS.

  • @michaelinners5421
    @michaelinners54215 ай бұрын

    Funny how if a corporation steals from you, the police say "civil matter" and refuse to take action. But a report from a corporation? Arrest!

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    If you understand what cops are for it makes perfect sense. It ain't to serve and protect us peons...they exist to serve and protect the ruling class.

  • @charlesbutterfield3464
    @charlesbutterfield34645 ай бұрын

    Enterprise needs a large punitive damage award against them.

  • @MustPassTruck

    @MustPassTruck

    5 ай бұрын

    The police and prosecutor's office do more. Taking a companies word and holding someone in jail over it without evidence is fascist totalitarian stuff.

  • @jeffsuter344

    @jeffsuter344

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@MustPassTruck Law enforcement are corporate who-res

  • @88COR88

    @88COR88

    5 ай бұрын

    The only way to protect citizens is to make it economically painful to be incompetent. Also, start requiring officers of the company to sign off on the police report so if it comes up as false the executive can be arrested. It has to be an executive or they will just force some kid making minimum wage sign it with out knowing the risk they're taking.

  • @HariSeldon913

    @HariSeldon913

    5 ай бұрын

    They need to change their slogan from, "we'll pick you up." to "We'll lock you up."

  • @ij2750

    @ij2750

    5 ай бұрын

    @@MustPassTruck I agree if the police just did some basic investigation arrest like this could be avoided.

  • @ianbelletti6241
    @ianbelletti62415 ай бұрын

    She clearly deserves to have this arrest expunged from her record.

  • @netdragon256

    @netdragon256

    5 ай бұрын

    The State and Enterprise needs to also be responsible to contact all the 100+ mugshot sites and force them to remove

  • @user-dx6jo1cm9c

    @user-dx6jo1cm9c

    5 ай бұрын

    and recieve about 10 million from Enterprise for false Imprisonment.

  • @Nemonurwingy

    @Nemonurwingy

    5 ай бұрын

    Arrests should get expunged anyway if they don’t result in a conviction. There have been some pretty terrible abuses where I am of the opinion that arrests shouldn’t be kept track of since they often are held against people in getting jobs or apartments, even if the people were never charged, let alone convicted. In Baltimore under Martin O’Malley they tried to “cleanup the streets” by arresting every black male 15-40 they came across on Thursday or Friday, holding them to Sunday or Monday and letting them go if they signed a release saying they wouldn’t sue. If they weren’t on the streets, they couldn’t commit crimes being the theory, even if most of those people weren’t going to commit crimes, anyway. You could have looked at the records of people in Baltimore and asked some law abiding citizen who lived in a bad neighborhood why they’ve been arrested so much. Lots of employers wouldn’t accept “because the mayor is a piece of garbage”, even though that was the actual answer.

  • @ImpactWench

    @ImpactWench

    5 ай бұрын

    Well that's all right, then.

  • @macbook802

    @macbook802

    5 ай бұрын

    In phoenix arizona we had a truck and trailer stolen from a business. I was with the police at the recovery at which time they took it off the "stolen list" and let me take off with it. Two weeks later in mesa az i was stopped talking to a pig and everything was fine, we were having a normal morning conversation with absolutely zero threat. Then all of the sudden 20 pigs come running from behind the truck with guns pointed at me. The reasoning was because the truck wasn't removed from the "stolen list". Bottom line is once a vehicle has been marked as stolen its always at risk for causing problems. The police system is broken

  • @YTPartyTonight
    @YTPartyTonight5 ай бұрын

    Rental car companies that do this need to be prosecuted for filing false reports to law enforcement and fraudulent accounting.

  • @ianbattles7290

    @ianbattles7290

    5 ай бұрын

    Exactly, these false reports aren't filing themselves!! Somewhere, there are individual Enterprise employees who are making these reports...

  • @Strideo1

    @Strideo1

    5 ай бұрын

    Are you suggesting the government hold large corporations accountable? That's just not in style these days.

  • @YTPartyTonight

    @YTPartyTonight

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Strideo1 Nah, I have no such expectations. "It's a big club, and you ain't in it!" -George Carlin

  • @Mark73

    @Mark73

    5 ай бұрын

    Not just the company, but also the employee who signed off on it.

  • @troodon1096

    @troodon1096

    5 ай бұрын

    It's only a crime if they knew the report was false. Making a mistake is not a crime. She has a good lawsuit against them she'll probably win (assuming they don't just settle). But it's not a criminal matter.

  • @HappilyHomicidalHooligan
    @HappilyHomicidalHooligan5 ай бұрын

    If the Law doesn't allow her to apply to have this Wrongful Arrest expunged from her Record, she should Sue the State Government to have her Record Expunged...

  • @geraldstone8396
    @geraldstone83965 ай бұрын

    She definitely wants a jury trial.

  • @jaredgarbo3679

    @jaredgarbo3679

    5 ай бұрын

    This isnt goiign to trial, Enterprise have evidence no crime has been committed, also they cant make a claim 7 years later.

  • @macbook802

    @macbook802

    5 ай бұрын

    If you want a jury trial you have to commit a felony

  • @danielboone8435

    @danielboone8435

    5 ай бұрын

    So they can give her a dollar?

  • @sonofbr

    @sonofbr

    5 ай бұрын

    @@danielboone8435 Would YOU give her a dollar?

  • @danielboone8435

    @danielboone8435

    5 ай бұрын

    @@sonofbr I wouldn't, but jury's regularly do. I would also be weeded out of the jury pool fairly early on unless I perjured myself, so....

  • @dans5741
    @dans57415 ай бұрын

    It is sad that arrest records do so much damage to a person and most states provide no way to ever rectify that. It makes a wrongful arrest into a truly destructive event that never goes away.

  • @phlodel

    @phlodel

    5 ай бұрын

    An arrest, charges not filed, kept me from joining the Air Force.

  • @markcalhoun8219

    @markcalhoun8219

    5 ай бұрын

    It's insane that an arrest in and of itself has any consequences. Cops can just arrest anyone anywhere for any reason, they can only hold you so long without charging you, but they can mess up your life for fun if they want. More often they'll also charge you with something stupid like obstructing pedestrian traffic for walking down the sidewalk just to make sure you have to go to court and pay court fees.

  • @cherrelleg8276

    @cherrelleg8276

    5 ай бұрын

    You’re guilty even if you’re innocent

  • @SeanPat1001

    @SeanPat1001

    5 ай бұрын

    A friend of my daughter got a traffic ticket. She went to court and she paid a fine and thought that was it. About a year later she got arrested on an outstanding warrant. Apparently, the court clerk had failed to properly register the result of the hearing. She ended up paying about $150. But, that’s not at all. About six months after that she got arrested again because the warrant was never retired. This time the judge just shook his head and apologized for the mixup. 😑

  • @KennyMcDonaldK3PO

    @KennyMcDonaldK3PO

    5 ай бұрын

    NCIC recently (past few years) changed a rule which will allow you to have any criminal history restricted and expunged if it is inaccurate. Minor crimes with no other criminal activity gets restricted so no one can obtain it other than law enforcement under a specific purpose code indicating an active ongoing criminal investigation. It will not surface for any employment or housing based inquiries. And anytime the criminal history is used for those purposes you now have the legal right to challenge the validity and accuracy of the record and you are entitled to being given a reasonable amount of time to do that. Just go see a lawyer and they can help. The money spent will be worth it. If you are indigent you can get free legal aid.

  • @deirdrecorey3876
    @deirdrecorey38765 ай бұрын

    So the woman goes to jail BUT WHO GOES TO JAIL WHEN IT'S FALSE CHARGES???

  • @dannygarland6366

    @dannygarland6366

    27 күн бұрын

    Quite a few people. It's not terribly frequent but it does happen.

  • @gerardodwyer6031
    @gerardodwyer60315 ай бұрын

    Does that mean the police took her 15 yr old and her one year old into custody (DCFS ???) when they arrested her and she spent 6 days in jail??!!! Did the police leave her 15 yr old with her one year old on the side of the road????!!!! She needs to sue Enterprise into bankruptcy!!! Thank you Lehto for giving Enterprise and Hertz bad publicity!!! And giving us tips on how to try to protect ourselves from Rental Cars!!!! Your show is truly a public service!!

  • @Salty-Hero
    @Salty-Hero5 ай бұрын

    Even if this lady had a receipt, the arrest took place 7 years later. Who the hell keeps receipts that long?

  • @dashopepper

    @dashopepper

    5 ай бұрын

    Or emails.

  • @markcalhoun8219

    @markcalhoun8219

    5 ай бұрын

    Even my digital receipts for work travel get cleared out annually.

  • @bluekitty3731

    @bluekitty3731

    5 ай бұрын

    She did have an email confirmation of the cars return!

  • @DJ-Drakken

    @DJ-Drakken

    5 ай бұрын

    The government.

  • @benruss4130

    @benruss4130

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@dashopepperI do. 7 years is the statute of limitations for most things so I keep EVERYTHING until 8-9 years.

  • @onradioactivewaves
    @onradioactivewaves5 ай бұрын

    What an intro, "and it's not Hertz for once' 😂

  • @jcook2433

    @jcook2433

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes! 😂

  • @jessicaanderson7885

    @jessicaanderson7885

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes, I loaded the video thinking of Hertz and he said that and I laughed.

  • @Ryarios

    @Ryarios

    5 ай бұрын

    Let’s face it. It was everyone’s first thought…

  • @onradioactivewaves

    @onradioactivewaves

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Ryarios exactly, he delivered right on time, that being immediately.

  • @donniethesportsguy893
    @donniethesportsguy8935 ай бұрын

    30 million of punitive punishment sounds about right. Hold car rental companies accountable for stupidity, fraud and negligence.

  • @robg521
    @robg5215 ай бұрын

    When you can issue an arrest warrant over a civil issue without an investigation taking place then the system is broken and not for purpose.

  • @brandonhebert5485

    @brandonhebert5485

    5 ай бұрын

    Since when is grand theft auto a civil issue?

  • @grimreaper4801
    @grimreaper48015 ай бұрын

    6 years later saying damaged? How can you prove the damaged was by her when now asking to paid for the damage 6 years later?

  • @SirStanleytheStumbler

    @SirStanleytheStumbler

    5 ай бұрын

    More likely a statute of limitations issue as mentioned. I doubt they can claim more then 2-3 years after the fact. It's 2 years here.

  • @c42rlk

    @c42rlk

    5 ай бұрын

    Demand to see the vehicle. I seriously doubt that they still have the car seven years later.

  • @SayAhh

    @SayAhh

    5 ай бұрын

    I think if she purchased insurance through Enterprise then she could tell them to go pound sand, but I wonder if insurance coverage through their credit card would cover it these many years later (assuming there was actual damage and not just phony ones). Maybe she can rent but just don't extend, or at least ask the ppl at the original rental office write an email and to issue a order to cancel the stolen car report by assuming that Enterprise (or Hertz or Avis, etc.) automatically reports them as stolen.

  • @ocoolwow

    @ocoolwow

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@SirStanleytheStumbler 2 years is outrageous too the limitations should be 3 months at most. No company would need longer than that for a legitimate case. Otherwise they are obviously up to something.

  • @geraldstone8396

    @geraldstone8396

    5 ай бұрын

    Where is the car? If it was stolen how do they know it's damaged?

  • @FarckewVerimucc
    @FarckewVerimucc5 ай бұрын

    Pathetic part of this is that it took the police 6 days to figure it out. Incompetence. Cops should always reserve a little skepticism when receiving a stolen car report from a car rental company.

  • @goldenhate6649

    @goldenhate6649

    5 ай бұрын

    That would require paying the police enough to get ones smart enough to see past the ends of their noses.

  • @hotpuppy1

    @hotpuppy1

    5 ай бұрын

    @@goldenhate6649 They get paid plenty.

  • @macbook802

    @macbook802

    5 ай бұрын

    In phoenix arizona we had a truck and trailer stolen from a business. I was with the police at the recovery at which time they took it off the "stolen list" and let me take off with it. Two weeks later in mesa az i was stopped talking to a pig and everything was fine, we were having a normal morning conversation with absolutely zero threat. Then all of the sudden 20 pigs come running from behind the truck with guns pointed at me. The reasoning was because the truck wasn't removed from the "stolen list". Bottom line is once a vehicle has been marked as stolen its always at risk for causing problems. The police system is broken

  • @Strideo1

    @Strideo1

    5 ай бұрын

    At this point the credibility of a stolen car report from a rental company should be in the toilet.

  • @glasshalffull2930

    @glasshalffull2930

    5 ай бұрын

    The PD did NOTHING wrong. The charges are out of Nevada and she was arrested in another state. The PD is required to hold her until an extradition hearing. Nevada prosecutors could decide we will or won’t extradite. Nevada prosecutors‘ probably’ requested updated facts from Enterprise. This too would take some time. The whole mess sits solely on Enterprise.

  • @mantan9400
    @mantan94005 ай бұрын

    Solution: Sue for hundreds of millions of dollars. This is 100% preventable.

  • @NSResponder
    @NSResponder5 ай бұрын

    If I were on her jury, she'd get $10M/day for the time she was deprived of her liberty due to the renter's incompetence.

  • @nicholas4839

    @nicholas4839

    2 ай бұрын

    The car was dropped off by her but she left the keys under the floor mat and the car was stolen from the lot and she is on the hook for the car because she did not return the car to them

  • @RRW359
    @RRW3595 ай бұрын

    How much is Enterprise going to give to taxpayers for their bad recordkeeping causing a false arrest requiring us to feed/lodge someone for a week?

  • @veramae4098

    @veramae4098

    5 ай бұрын

    Very good. Not "free". I was a prison librarian for awhile and learned it costs $30,000 a month to keep someone in state prison.

  • @ryanmassey586

    @ryanmassey586

    5 ай бұрын

    Don't forget the heinous settlement the public is absolutely going to have to pay.

  • @TheMelnTeam

    @TheMelnTeam

    5 ай бұрын

    @@veramae4098 While I'm sure you're telling the truth, that price tag is fishy. I wonder what % of it is really used to upkeep a person in a prison facility. Given scale of multiple prisoners, I don't think it takes 360k/year to keep a person clothed, fed, and constrained to a building. Yes, you need to pay people to watch them and make food etc...but the cost per prisoner for those things should decline as the number of inmates increases. It's probably a similar issue of cost disease as costs for college or health care. I wonder how they handle it in the books. Usually institutions are pretty creative with how they represent costs that don't pass the eyeball test.

  • @johnpublic6582

    @johnpublic6582

    5 ай бұрын

    @@TheMelnTeam You fail to realize we are talking about government. I keep myself clothed fed and sheltered for well under $1,000 per month, but goverment could easily spend 30 to 50 times more for the same work. Do you remember the $1,200 hammers back when the #1 Burger King meal cost $1.25?

  • @ShaggyRogers1

    @ShaggyRogers1

    5 ай бұрын

    @@TheMelnTeam The price tag is just the total cost of the system divided by number of inmates. In reality, being plus or minus an inmate is really closer to $50-100 a day, between food/electricity/etc.

  • @lamplighter5545
    @lamplighter55455 ай бұрын

    There's a basic credibility problem with claiming someone damaged a car 7 years ago.

  • @styleisaweapon

    @styleisaweapon

    5 ай бұрын

    especially after 7 years being so certain the vehicle was stolen rather than damaged

  • @aquageist

    @aquageist

    5 ай бұрын

    Especially when they've long since sold it for a non-damaged price. Rental companies don't hold on to cars for even a fraction of 7 years.

  • @margretrosenberg420

    @margretrosenberg420

    5 ай бұрын

    And most especially since they say she damaged it before she rented it. Enterprise is all over the place on this.

  • @troodon1096

    @troodon1096

    5 ай бұрын

    Probably runs into statute of limitations problems anyway.

  • @chrismicklich7831
    @chrismicklich78315 ай бұрын

    The judge who signed the arrest warrant needs to pay up too.

  • @HighLordBaron
    @HighLordBaron5 ай бұрын

    It's time for the lawmakers to jump in. Considering there are so many people being arrested for false reports, the state needs to demand stricter controls here by these companies. They need to force these companies to implement new systems to prevent these things from happening and severely punish companies who file false reports like this!

  • @Scientist_Salarian

    @Scientist_Salarian

    5 ай бұрын

    How does state regulation of corporations usually work out? It’s hard to get someone to understand a problem when their paycheck depends on them not understanding it.

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    LMAO. That's comedy gold.

  • @georgedeedsnotwords2162
    @georgedeedsnotwords21625 ай бұрын

    Enterprise is starting to look like a criminal organization with all that has come out against them . Time to put someone in charge in prison for predatory business habits .

  • @mrmiscast
    @mrmiscast5 ай бұрын

    I traveled for work for almost 2 decades and rented 100's of cars over the years. Multiple times I got calls or letters at the office that a car either wasn't turned in or was damaged. There was always confusion about about dropping a car off before the location was open as well. We had on-staff attorneys who had to deal with rental car companies for several of us Outside Sales people. Hertz mostly but Enterprise and Dollar as well. We took pictures with actual film cameras after the first time just to prove non damage to vehicles. If you can avoid it, never drop a car off without a location being open and do NOT forget to walk around the car when you pick it up or you'll be paying for someone else's damage.

  • @statinskill

    @statinskill

    5 ай бұрын

    Your honor, this was a scheme the defendant carried out over the course of two decades. While Mr. Mmiscast operated under the elaborate guise of business travel he would routinely embezzle rental vehicles. This is clearly evident from the diligently kept records of his victims. Over the course of this trial we will show that without doubt Mmiscast meticulously planned his crimes and took great care to obscure and obfuscate his activities. Therefore, the state calls its first witness, Mr. Smith an accountant from Schmerz Enterprises.

  • @Foolish188

    @Foolish188

    5 ай бұрын

    Agreed. When I rented my first apartment when I was going to college, my brother noticed that a closet door and the wall around it had holes made by someone who had hung a dartboard there. He insisted that it be added to the lease. Then he bought me a dartboard and we added a lot more holes to the door, the wall and the floor. (We weren't very skilled)

  • @robertphillips6296
    @robertphillips62965 ай бұрын

    This should be both Criminal and Civil Legal Action against Enterprise and its Employees.

  • @johnsunlight
    @johnsunlight5 ай бұрын

    They can subtract the "damages" from the millions of dollars they owe her.

  • @martinbesant7770
    @martinbesant77705 ай бұрын

    As a business traveler I allways demand a printed receipt. They often get pissed because I make them stop and print it while I am standing there.

  • @MuzixMaker

    @MuzixMaker

    5 ай бұрын

    Who keeps receipts for six years?

  • @conchobar

    @conchobar

    5 ай бұрын

    A business owner. It's all part of tax record keeping.

  • @kevinerbs2778

    @kevinerbs2778

    5 ай бұрын

    @@MuzixMaker I have receipts from 15-20 years ago.

  • @MuzixMaker

    @MuzixMaker

    5 ай бұрын

    @@conchobar this obviously wasn’t a business expense. Businesses typical retention is 7 years.

  • @ae2948

    @ae2948

    5 ай бұрын

    @@MuzixMaker - People who itemize their deductions will keep receipts for 7, 8 years. But yeah - for ordinary things, who is going to keep all those receipts?

  • @microsoftguy3324
    @microsoftguy33245 ай бұрын

    A judgement needs to be made against these companies that hurts so bad it is a financial imperative to correct because they cannot afford to repeat the mistake. AND there should be criminal charges against the manager that reports the car as stolen. That might make these clowns a little more diligent. I dated an enterprise employee and met her coworkers….. they dont hire the best of the best.

  • @fs127

    @fs127

    5 ай бұрын

    I'm at a point where I don't believe our society is capable of diligence, responsibility, or even competence. Corporate culture has lowered the bar and marred our society.

  • @johngalt97

    @johngalt97

    5 ай бұрын

    Enterprise tried to stick me with responsibility for a windshield crack on a car that never left their lot.

  • @martinfilion794

    @martinfilion794

    5 ай бұрын

    What? No highly educated upwardly mobile corporate climbers willing to work for minimum wage? Oh the humanity! Why can't we underpay better people!?

  • @salemsmith2878

    @salemsmith2878

    5 ай бұрын

    @@martinfilion794 Enterprise actually pays people really good money though. Ten years ago they started managers in training 50k at the start.

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    For that to work we'd have to in something other than a corporotocracy where there is distinction between corporations and government.

  • @larrywest42
    @larrywest425 ай бұрын

    Criminal convictions of corporations should result in either imprisonment of the board of directors, or the company being put into receivership, for the duration of the sentence. After all, if corporations are persons, they should have the same risk.

  • @RockPolitics
    @RockPolitics5 ай бұрын

    People attacking cops in the commission of their duties getting out same day. A woman gets arrested for a disputed six year-old rental car agreement, and she spends six days in jail. Makes perfect sense.

  • @user-de1fu4vi9s

    @user-de1fu4vi9s

    5 ай бұрын

    Nevada is not California; a bit more strict there.

  • @JackJackJackJackJackJack

    @JackJackJackJackJackJack

    3 ай бұрын

    Thats not true, you are ignorant to the story about the cop “assault” case.

  • @RockPolitics

    @RockPolitics

    3 ай бұрын

    @@JackJackJackJackJackJack Why don't you enlighten us with your inside knowledge? You don't even know what case I was talking about. For the record, stupidity is hereditary but ignorance is voluntary. You just raised your hand and volunteered. But thanks for playing.

  • @BigRalphSmith
    @BigRalphSmith5 ай бұрын

    I don't think I'd be as concerned about the fact that Enterprise made a mistake as I would be that I sat in jail for six days before it got straightened out. That's as much on the police and investigators as it is on Enterprise. I hope the law enforcement authorities involved are named in her suit.

  • @staceyhouseman8610

    @staceyhouseman8610

    5 ай бұрын

    Officers will be granted qualified immunity. Safer just to sue Enterprise and employees.

  • @perryelyod4870

    @perryelyod4870

    5 ай бұрын

    I can just imagine the glee from those cops when they found out she had an outstanding warrant, they just live for that. They get a gold star in their binder when they make an arrest.

  • @aa777flyer

    @aa777flyer

    4 ай бұрын

    @@staceyhouseman8610 Just like Trump, can do what ever you want with no accountability!

  • @brettonsmith8534

    @brettonsmith8534

    4 ай бұрын

    Bizarre you’d spend any time in jail for a reported stolen car. Arrest, confirm where they can find you and release under police bail. Done. See you in Court.

  • @aa777flyer

    @aa777flyer

    4 ай бұрын

    @@brettonsmith8534 a stolen car is a felony traffic stop. No way it’s a site and release. You are going to jail

  • @mikeadamson4605
    @mikeadamson46055 ай бұрын

    I've noticed that these stories often include the person extending the rental.

  • @markcalhoun8219

    @markcalhoun8219

    5 ай бұрын

    extend the rental, but their system is faulty so it reports it stolen at the original return date, returns it at new date so agent doesn't see an issue, permanently logged as stolen AND still keeps getting rented out. Sounds likely.

  • @HighLordBaron

    @HighLordBaron

    5 ай бұрын

    Yeah, the two cases where this happens regularly seems to be extended rentals or rentals being dropped of at a different location then it was picked up from...

  • @anthonyegreene

    @anthonyegreene

    5 ай бұрын

    This is brain dead easy to fix. If a vehicle is reported as stolen, make it unrentable until an employee says, on the record, that the report was rescinded.

  • @markbanks4738

    @markbanks4738

    5 ай бұрын

    Extended rental one day , was charged for one day , exactly what I was charged for the previous week

  • @JosephKano

    @JosephKano

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@anthonyegreene you are approaching this issue from the point of view of sensibility and reasonableness. That's not how anything works...

  • @johndorian4078
    @johndorian40785 ай бұрын

    I had someone from enterprise hit me and they sent me that letter about paying for the damages or give them my credit card.. THEIR USER HIT ME! I called them to ask if the person they rented to had insurance because they claimed they had none(was a lie). It's a sad shameful boilerplate letter. Come to think it of this was 7 years ago as well.

  • @don7294
    @don72945 ай бұрын

    I have rented cars in 38 different countries from every company imaginable and we always try to rent from Enterprise. We have had a number of companies try to claim we damaged the car but, we take pictures and videos of the rentals. What a horrible mistake that someone should lose their job over. I hope the renter doesn't settle for some small amount. I would let a jury decide if it were me.

  • @arthurhouston3
    @arthurhouston35 ай бұрын

    Class action law suit to force auto rental stolen car warrants to be reviewed.

  • @josephvarno5623

    @josephvarno5623

    5 ай бұрын

    Or at the very least to start charging people with filing a false police report when they could have reasonably determined the car was not stolen.

  • @lynchkid003

    @lynchkid003

    5 ай бұрын

    The scary part is that this happens often enough for there to be a decent sized 'class'.

  • @scottgrayson1209
    @scottgrayson12095 ай бұрын

    Several years ago I rented the car from Enterprise at the Newark airport. I rarely take pictures of a rental car, but I noticed there were scratches on the back bumper when I picked it up. I also asked the attendant to note the scratches when I left their parking lot. About a month later I got a bill from Enterprise for repairs totaling over $1000. As it turns out, I didn’t need my photographs for proof. The date of their repair estimate was before my date of rental! When I called them to ask the status of the claim several months later, I was scolded for waiting so long to inquire.

  • @heroslippy6666

    @heroslippy6666

    5 ай бұрын

    So a company could just never repair a vehicle and continuously surprise bill customers?

  • @composedlight6850

    @composedlight6850

    5 ай бұрын

    In Italy they do this scam near every time. Enterprise is one company to not rent from.

  • @LuisFSilva-gm9ms

    @LuisFSilva-gm9ms

    4 ай бұрын

    Makes no sense, rental companies keep their cars for a year maximum two years.

  • @aa777flyer

    @aa777flyer

    4 ай бұрын

    I usually just buy their insurance. A friend of mine got burned major by not doing so. He was in an accident while in a rental (Avis) was not his fault. The other parties insurance covered the damage to the rental so all is good right? No! About 6 months later he got a bill from Avis for loss of revenue for over $5000 while the car was in the shop and the lower value of the car when sold at auction because the car now had a "accident reported" Carfax. The other parties insurance refused to cover either, as did his own insurance.

  • @jimeditorial

    @jimeditorial

    4 ай бұрын

    I never dropped off a rental car to a closed office. Ever. Read the contact,...you're responsible until they check it in

  • @odhutch5806
    @odhutch58065 ай бұрын

    A friend rented a car from one of the majors, I don't remember which. Several months later, out of the blue, he received a bill for a replacement of the windshield due to claimed damage. His wife is an attorney. She wrote the company on the letterhead of her firm requesting the complete rental history of the car following his usage. The company declined to pursue it.

  • @dmitripogosian5084

    @dmitripogosian5084

    5 ай бұрын

    She probably should not be doing that, btw. Representing family member is an ethics issue for attorneys, especially if your law firm is dragged in. They usually ask a colleague for a favor to do it.

  • @bikkiikun
    @bikkiikun5 ай бұрын

    This just shows, that Cops aren't interested in fighting crime, but ONLY in making arrests, regardless of guilt.

  • @MrMockingbird1313
    @MrMockingbird13135 ай бұрын

    Hey Steve, I was in a car wreck. I was towed to the "preferred" repair company in the area and they had a small Enterprise office on site. About 45 days later Enterprise demand I give them 41 days of insurance premium for the car even though they were aware an insurance company had assumed the rental bill. This turned into a very nasty argument. So my point is Enterprise misses information and may also try and pull a fast one on someonelike myself who seldom uses rental cars.

  • @roy19491

    @roy19491

    5 ай бұрын

    that's a common trick of theirs.....they tried the same trick with my wife and I, and actually sent it in for "collection"......it took about a year to get that cleared up

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    I don't think they're missing anything. It's a gambit that some people will pay either out of fear, ignorance, or because the cost is less that the effort to fight it. They have nothing to lose. All they have to do is drop if if someone fights it so it costs them virtually nothing.

  • @tohon
    @tohon5 ай бұрын

    Little did Steve know, he has outstanding warrants for stolen cars in multiple countries.

  • @pablohammerly448

    @pablohammerly448

    5 ай бұрын

    Interpol will be after Steve Lehto soon for all those foreign warrants! 👮

  • @6yjjk
    @6yjjk5 ай бұрын

    I had a similar issue with Hertz (funnily enough). Some upstanding citizen slashed three tyres on my rental, the morning I was due to return the car. Called Hertz, they wanted me to wait three hours for a tow truck but my flight left in two. "OK, just leave the keys under the mat on the driver's side, get a cab, have a good flight." A week later, back home, I thought, "That was too easy..." Phoned Hertz to confirm they had the car, and panic ensued. They had NO IDEA where that car was. Brand new Mustang convertible. Had to phone them every day for a week before they finally found it, still sitting in their local contractor's lot. I made them send me email confirmation that they had the car and we were cool, and I made damned sure to have a printout of that email in my passport the next time I went back to the US. Seems like I might need to print it again...

  • @JosephKano

    @JosephKano

    4 ай бұрын

    This sounds like a good plan.

  • @tomm7505
    @tomm75055 ай бұрын

    I worked for Enterprise for 3 1/2 years. In addition to the VIN, Enterprise (and Alamo and National) uses a company generated (alphanumeric) unique stock number for each vehicle in their fleet. So, there should be no way that they can lose a vehicle in their system. Also, my advice is to NEVER EVER just drop a rental off at a rental office without talking to an employee and getting a printed receipt!

  • @koncorde
    @koncorde5 ай бұрын

    "I'm not sure if this is something that they need to crack down on" - I think any time you can be jailed for an outstanding warrant after 6 years, yes, something needs cracking down on.

  • @mrcryptozoic817
    @mrcryptozoic8175 ай бұрын

    Can you imagine: Enterprise (or any car rental company) still having the car 6 years later? NO rental car will last that long.

  • @dmitripogosian5084

    @dmitripogosian5084

    5 ай бұрын

    But they thought she had the car all this time and taking care of it )

  • @brandoxic8354

    @brandoxic8354

    5 ай бұрын

    @@dmitripogosian5084 But that still doesn't make sense considering they used that to double-down AFTER she proved she returned the car several years ago and they continued to rent it out. Enterprise is just blindly swinging at this point

  • @dmitripogosian5084

    @dmitripogosian5084

    5 ай бұрын

    @@brandoxic8354 I don;t think there was much, if any, human thought involved. What probably happened is that because of the police arrest, the case was reactivated, in some database flag was changed from 'abandoned' or something to active. And then somewhere in a warehouse cubicle of a person responsible for late return, the car appeared on his daily todo list, among perhaps hundred others for his today's quota.

  • @brandoxic8354

    @brandoxic8354

    5 ай бұрын

    @@dmitripogosian5084 My question is how are they going to have a "missing car" database and a "returned/ready for use" database that don't communicate with each other.

  • @libbysevicke-jones3160

    @libbysevicke-jones3160

    5 ай бұрын

    That was exactly my 1st thought. I’ve worked for both Hertz and Avis/Budget. The turn over of cars is quick. However franchise agents do keep their cars for a lot longer than company owned locations. But definitely not for 7 years plus.

  • @yodaflyz
    @yodaflyz5 ай бұрын

    I was without a car for a mounth last year as a Buck totaled my car. I felt bad as I was depending on getting rides from my roommate but I didn't feel safe renting a car until I got a new one because of the news I learned here. Especially as the closest rental car service I know of to me has a big Hertz logo in there window (no thanks). How these companies stay in business while jailing there customers like this is beyond me. Thanks Steve Lehto for letting me know to not even consider renting from Hertz as you likely saved me years of trouble later down the line.

  • @ianbattles7290
    @ianbattles729019 күн бұрын

    It's terrifying to think that a simple clerical error on my vacation paperwork could get me arrested 7 years from now.

  • @MichaelJones-sd7vp
    @MichaelJones-sd7vp5 ай бұрын

    Some one at Enterprise needs some jail time.

  • @gingercat7925

    @gingercat7925

    5 ай бұрын

    *Someone

  • @LeeHawkinsPhoto

    @LeeHawkinsPhoto

    5 ай бұрын

    So does a judge who signed the warrant.

  • @steveladner4346
    @steveladner43465 ай бұрын

    I will use a pogo stick to travel around before I rent anymore cars

  • @ltfreeborn

    @ltfreeborn

    5 ай бұрын

    They'll arrest you for unusual traversal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @madmaximilian5783

    @madmaximilian5783

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@ltfreebornboing boing...😅🤣😄😂

  • @WolfyRagnarok

    @WolfyRagnarok

    5 ай бұрын

    I've been pulled over before for "Driving an unusual route." This was back before smartphones. I was just lost.

  • @boldCactuslad

    @boldCactuslad

    5 ай бұрын

    @@ltfreeborn How? He would hop away

  • @Strideo1

    @Strideo1

    5 ай бұрын

    @@boldCactuslad The police would be hopping mad but he would be jumping for joy.

  • @mont7481
    @mont74815 ай бұрын

    I had issues with Hertz. Filled the vehicle with fuel and turned it into an agent in their parking lot. She had me leave keys in the car and printed up a receipt. Later, I noticed an additional charge from Hertz on my bank statement, which I didn't authorize. Calling Hertz, they claimed it was for refueling the rental. I told them that we're mistaken and needed to refund my money. They refused. I sent my bank the fuel transaction from a gas station, literally a block away from Hertz, just minutes before turning it in. All my receipts were obviously time and date stamped in chronological order, which lent credence to my claim. The bank reversed the charges. Hertz called them to inquire but were told the charges made no sense, and if they needed a video from the fuel station, it could be obtained if I requested and all cost would be passed onto Hertz if it became a civil issue. I believe the young woman was running a scam with other employees to place extra charges on rentals and pocket the additional money later once all transactions were completed.

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    Of course it was a scam.

  • @TedSchoenling
    @TedSchoenling5 ай бұрын

    Who ever pressed charges AND arrested her should spend 6 days in jail.

  • @tagsby81
    @tagsby815 ай бұрын

    You read my mind today Steve. My first thought was "I bet it was Hertz"

  • @insylem

    @insylem

    5 ай бұрын

    Me too

  • @tonymouannes
    @tonymouannes5 ай бұрын

    The most outrageous part is her having to spend 6 days in jail, even though she has an email proof of them receiving the car.

  • @chrisradtke

    @chrisradtke

    5 ай бұрын

    did it take 6 days for her to convince them to let her access her email maybe?

  • @Foolish188

    @Foolish188

    5 ай бұрын

    6 year old email? Might take me a month to find it, if it still existed.

  • @tonymouannes

    @tonymouannes

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Foolish188 the point is that there is a written proof that's easily accessible. Putting someone in jail for 6 days without due process should be illegal. Also email software have a search function, if you know a few key information about the email you can find it in no time.

  • @chrisradtke

    @chrisradtke

    5 ай бұрын

    @@tonymouannes exactly, once having access to email, it shouldn't take long to find. And "if it still existed"? Why would it not still exist? My Gmail still has every single email since 2005.

  • @EinsteinsHair

    @EinsteinsHair

    5 ай бұрын

    @@chrisradtke I get internet through my cable TV provider, and have an email account with them, for over 20 years. I tried to look up an old email and found that the records only went back two years. It was not a case of my storage being full, I was using only 3% of my email storage.

  • @misterknight3901
    @misterknight39015 ай бұрын

    In Huntsville AL, I returned a car before they opened. The drop box had a note "take keys to the counter". There was no one inside the airport counter, so I filled. Out the form with milage and so on and put the keys over the bar and on their counter. I took a picture of my contract as I needed it for my travel voucher. I get a call 4hrs later while on layover, asking where the keys are. I told them your sign said to take the keys to the counter, that's where I put them.. They said OK. I hope I don't have a warrent for my arrest. Holy smokes. This is getting out of hand hand for rental cars.

  • @drakesavory2019
    @drakesavory20195 ай бұрын

    Very simple. Cut her a check for $6M, a million dollars per day.

  • @switchthechannel6317

    @switchthechannel6317

    4 ай бұрын

    Yup. Any jury would find that reasonable, especially with a company carelessly providing bs arguments. The punitive damages for a $35 billion dollar company should be well within the millions of dollars range.

  • @peterallen4605
    @peterallen46055 ай бұрын

    I had a similar situation in the Caribbean. The company I rented the car from simply had it sitting in the airport parking lot, unlocked with the keys in it. When I went to "return" it, the instructions were to fill it up with gas, park it in the airport parking lot, leave the keys in the center console, and leave it unlocked. I had similar fears of being blamed, but don't plan on returning to the island, so unless Interpol gets involved, I should be fine.

  • @LatitudeSky

    @LatitudeSky

    5 ай бұрын

    I served on a jury for case that occurred because a rental return lot had those exact requirements. A lady broke into the lot and stole a car. She drove through a hedge, for those wondering HOW you get past the gate. She went around the gate. They have since replaced the hedge with a concrete wall. Anyway, she stole this car and almost immediately hit another car, injuring the occupants. They in turn had to sue for personal injury damages. We jurors didn't find out until after the trial that this woman wasn't even the defendant. The injured party was suing their own auto insurance for not covering things that happened in the crash. The whole trial, we thought they were suing the woman. Nope. The car insurer had behaved as car insurers do and stabbed their own customer in the back. We didn't find for the plaintiff because we didn't think they had proved all their injuries to the extent claimed. Loss of consort was one. How do you prove a crash caused that? Once we found out what was really going on, the verdict had already been given. The jury was p.i.s.s.e.d. Livid. They lied to us and hid the very truth they wanted us to find. We absolutely would have found for the plaintiff had we known they were suing this dogsh company. Which is why they didn't tell us, of course. Poor plaintiff got nothing. Car thief lady fled and did other crimes, as one does.

  • @peterallen4605

    @peterallen4605

    5 ай бұрын

    Oh, and of note. The airport parking lot on this island had no gates and was free to enter, park, and leave as you wished.

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    @@LatitudeSkyOnly way that happens is if the judge is in on the fix. Nothing an insurance company hates more than paying a claim.

  • @danielweston9188
    @danielweston91885 ай бұрын

    This is an inexcusable event!

  • @Silentguy_
    @Silentguy_5 ай бұрын

    For a company as large and old as Enterprise this is a colossal failure in both management and as a business. I used to work for a construction equipment rental company and virtually every piece of equipment we had used some kind of LoJack or equivalent on it. So inventory system aside, the fact that they didn’t even have a way to just look at where the car was and say “oh it’s at another Enterprise lot” is baffling

  • @jdesaavedra0432
    @jdesaavedra04325 ай бұрын

    A co-worker who was our SIU specialist, had spearheaded a program to purchase an early license plate scanning system for the county sheriff, as part of an anti-theft program. Before he could make his presentation to the county sheriff, he was driving a Hertz rental. He was arrested near the office by our county sheriff department using said system. Hertz had forgotten to take the car out of the system as being stolen. Miles was not pleased with being thrown on the ground at his age, and the deputies were embarassed, having roughed up their guest of honor shortly before the presentation.

  • @IainThomson-km3hk

    @IainThomson-km3hk

    5 ай бұрын

    During the presentation, he could tell the attendees that he could, from personal experience, vouch for the effectiveness of the system. And then tell his story.

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    @@IainThomson-km3hkYou think an "effective" system is one where innocent people are arrested and possibly injured by what amounts to a false accusation?

  • @JosephKano

    @JosephKano

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@hermesten1000 I suspect there was an element of tongue in cheek there.

  • @JosephKano

    @JosephKano

    4 ай бұрын

    The scanner worked technically. The database is the problem. Also the reaction to the flagged licence plate. Sounds like they did the crazed 'felony stop' procedure they do where they go guns drawn and all hostile and violent and assume you're a violent criminal thing they claim they are trained to do. How that doesn't lead to even more innocent people shot by police I do not know.

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    @@JosephKano Maybe, but that wasn't my interpretation and upon second thought, it's still not.

  • @bozodog428
    @bozodog4285 ай бұрын

    When I head up north from Florida I use the Amtrak car train. No rentals when I get there, luggage stays in the car, plenty of room on the train and I really prefer to have my own car.

  • @gorak9000

    @gorak9000

    5 ай бұрын

    It's a good thing the Amtrak car train goes from Florida to every possible destination on the globe then!

  • @Bare_Essence
    @Bare_Essence5 ай бұрын

    It certainly seems that one should never extend a rental time! All these cases of stolen rental car reports seem to contain the phrase "called to extend the rental"

  • @dashopepper

    @dashopepper

    5 ай бұрын

    Probably because you physically rent the car at location A, where all the paperwork is. When you call to extend the rental, you're talking to a CSR who could be anywhere in the world. And their computer systems aren't properly communicating with each other.

  • @robertheinkel6225

    @robertheinkel6225

    5 ай бұрын

    I had to extend one rental two times thru Enterprise. My vehicle was being repaired with no scheduled completion date. The first rental had tranny issues and had to be replaced. Overall, no issues, but I made certain I handed the keys to a person, and got a receipt.

  • @SansNeural

    @SansNeural

    5 ай бұрын

    The lady was also returning to a different location than where she rented. That adds another layer for errors to creep in. Another potential problem is that not all Enterprise locations are own or operated by Enterprise, especially smaller rental outfits. I've traveled for business a lot over the last 35 years and rented a lot of cars. I've never had something like this woman's experience. Some times unlucky things happen. Enterprise has actually treated me (us) pretty well. On one trip we rented a car at the airport, as usual, but when we got to the hotel I noticed the right front tire had a really bad wear pattern and steel wires poking out from the tread. We called Enterprise and within a couple of hours a rollback (flatbed tow truck) showed up to drop off a new car and take the bad one.

  • @scofab
    @scofab5 ай бұрын

    HEY! I sent you this one too, a few days ago. Ah well, at least you got it. Thanks as always.

  • @kentkrueger6035
    @kentkrueger60355 ай бұрын

    I hope she gets a multimillion dollar settlement. 6 days in Jail, traumatize her kids, dragged her good name through the mud? And yes, that arrest never goes away. She deserves to never have to work again.

  • @rogerhargrave9952
    @rogerhargrave99525 ай бұрын

    I would imagine that Enterprise will do a better job with their paperwork after this lawsuit is settled. How much is 6 days in jail, and the humiliation, & mental anguish worth.?

  • @TheBagOfHolding

    @TheBagOfHolding

    5 ай бұрын

    How much punitive damages will make them feel it and change? Whatever they make gross on six days of rentals times 3 I would say.

  • @TheBagOfHolding

    @TheBagOfHolding

    5 ай бұрын

    During their peak rental dates.

  • @noahhastings6145

    @noahhastings6145

    5 ай бұрын

    The actuaries have already accounted for this. They'll pay out and not change a thing.

  • @markcalhoun8219

    @markcalhoun8219

    5 ай бұрын

    Punitive Damages that lead to change have to be big enough for a the CEO to have to at least be notified. In most companies that's in the millions minimum.

  • @rogerhargrave9952

    @rogerhargrave9952

    5 ай бұрын

    @@noahhastings6145 Ins. Actuaries adjust rates to such companies based on the claims raised against them. Nobody likes to see big ins. rate increases.

  • @andyny29
    @andyny295 ай бұрын

    I hope she hired the best attorney(s) available and sued them for millions.

  • @JeffDeWitt
    @JeffDeWitt5 ай бұрын

    The one good thing about this is that lady should be getting a FAT check from Enterprise.

  • @jimbeam2501
    @jimbeam25015 ай бұрын

    Steve Lehto. Michigan lemon law lawyer, author, KZread creator and INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVE!

  • @BG-mr5xv
    @BG-mr5xv5 ай бұрын

    Once rented a vehicle in Germany, when we returned it the rental company was out of business. We handed the keys to the Avis people and left

  • @justb4116

    @justb4116

    5 ай бұрын

    Loool, that's a new one :D

  • @gordonwaite2
    @gordonwaite25 ай бұрын

    When you see the price it cost to rent a car today compared to say pre-pandemic, remember you are paying for the multitude of million dollar plus lawsuits from this new trend of arresting their lawful renters. It all boils down to incompetent and or lazy employees who fail to enter the car as returned. Amazing, considering there are computer systems that when coupled with software, can not only the monitor cars through scanning devices as they come and go from their lots, but can do so much more to prevent these false arrests.

  • @jim4448

    @jim4448

    5 ай бұрын

    It's easier to report a car stolen than to check it in.. Especially if the Rental agent is understaffed.

  • @gordonwaite2

    @gordonwaite2

    5 ай бұрын

    @@jim4448 OK, this does not address my statement of electronic devices coupled with computers and computer software that would elementary the human factor.

  • @jim4448

    @jim4448

    5 ай бұрын

    @@gordonwaite2 At one time I work at a place.. Well rented vehicles... To do the intake properly.. It would take about a half hour.. To check the vehicle in... To do a stolen vehicle... It would take you about 15 to 30 seconds.

  • @gordonwaite2

    @gordonwaite2

    5 ай бұрын

    @@jim4448 So you, a foreigner, taking the job from an American, who was willing to do the job well, were the problem!

  • @jim4448

    @jim4448

    5 ай бұрын

    @@gordonwaite2 I see is assuming. A lot when you say this statement. LOL.. Yes i'm most definitely a foreigner in the Philippines. Who actually lives in the Manila area.. Maybe about twenty kilometers away from.. The capital city of the Philippines..

  • @thagenet
    @thagenet5 ай бұрын

    I wonder how many of these supposable crimes of theft are reported on their taxes as losses?

  • @paulraimondo1067
    @paulraimondo10675 ай бұрын

    Exactly. Most Rent-A-Car places are closed when you bring your car back.

  • @mikeloeven
    @mikeloeven5 ай бұрын

    The more and more I see these false charges and the impact arrest records can have on an innocent persons life really makes me think we need a federal law that can force a state to seal or expunge these records if it comes to light that the person arrested was not guilty. Some states allow these records to be sealed however many dont if the charge was for a violent crime that can stay on a record forever. A federal statute would fix this. Honestly if you really look at it failure of a state to seal or remove an arrest record applied to a person who was simply misidentified or due to a clerical error can be defamatory especially when those false records are misleading people pulling background checks into thinking the person has a criminal history when they really dont

  • @Kas-tle

    @Kas-tle

    5 ай бұрын

    This would definitely improve things, but keep in mind there are also many companies that just directly skim court and police documents, especially in states like Florida where most police departments even release booking records online for anyone to check within 24 hours. So even if you could get it removed in the state database, whatever company a potential employer uses to run a background check could still easily come back with a record. And nowadays, let's be honest, it's so easy for an employer to just never even offer such a candidate an interview.

  • @ronbennett7885

    @ronbennett7885

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Kas-tle Booking records shouldn't be public at all except in extreme situations. Many other countries restrict such information. Unfortunately, in the U.S., such information is often seen as part of the punishment much like the infamous perp walk. One is, effectively, assumed guilty upon arrest. This case well illustrates that.

  • @mikeloeven

    @mikeloeven

    5 ай бұрын

    I would honestly be interested to know if someone could win a outright defamation lawsuit against a state for keeping a false arrest record publicly accessible after the subject is cleared.

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    Could be a thousand laws and it won't fix anything because they have to be enforced.

  • @wsmoulding1
    @wsmoulding15 ай бұрын

    There are a lot of independent Enterprise franchises out there that are run by either crooked or incompetent owners or managers. My first experience with Enterprise was a bad one, BUT when I called Enterprise's toll free support to complain, they took care of it right away. The location where I'd had the bad experience was subsequently closed and reopened as a used car dealership.

  • @josephmcclary9667

    @josephmcclary9667

    5 ай бұрын

    I use to work for Enterprise. There are 0 independently owned locations.

  • @gew9487
    @gew94874 ай бұрын

    Sickening! No innocent person should have to suffer an injustice. 😡😡

  • @Bbergley
    @Bbergley5 ай бұрын

    Thank you for bringing up the Statute of Limitations. I would think that both the Criminal and Damage claims should have been past the Statute. When did they actually file the complaint?

  • @pipestress1
    @pipestress15 ай бұрын

    I almost ended up in the same position when I extended my rental for a couple of days and the rental car reported it stolen. Fortunately when I got stopped, the cop took the time to investigate and confirm I was right.

  • @Nemonurwingy
    @Nemonurwingy5 ай бұрын

    That’s a pretty shocking breakdown. I’ve rented cars and returned in a different city several times due to flight issues. Connecting flight gets cancelled or plane rerouted for weather or mechanical issue, I’m stuck in an airport and the airline offers to get me out a day or two later on some hellacious tour of the US flight ladder, or I can rent a car and drive where I’m going in 3 or 4 hours. I’ve always done the renting a car option. I was quite upfront I wasn’t returning to that same airport location, they said they were fine with that and charged me a little more than it would have been for a return rental. I’m not enthusiastic I might get reported for stealing. They need to punish this harshly, a big rental company should be able to keep track.

  • @jon9103
    @jon91035 ай бұрын

    When the CEO learned of this he should of dropped everything and immediately addressed the situation personally. Anything less is criminal on his part.

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    Comedy gold

  • @ghostshadow9046
    @ghostshadow90465 ай бұрын

    they need to go after the company and the PEOPLE involved.

  • @drsteiny1
    @drsteiny15 ай бұрын

    Enterprise doesn’t even have the car anymore. They sell their cars after anywhere from six months to a year and a half.

  • @VideoArchiveGuy

    @VideoArchiveGuy

    5 ай бұрын

    Then why was the last car I rented from Enterprise six years old?

  • @MartinX192

    @MartinX192

    5 ай бұрын

    Nope. Typically anywhere from 40 to 60k miles. With exceptions

  • @VideoArchiveGuy

    @VideoArchiveGuy

    5 ай бұрын

    @@MartinX192 "Nope?" Do I need to dig out my rental contract showing the car was six model years old? Note despite the age it only had about 25,000 miles on it. Hertz also did the same thing recently - last summer they rented me a 2019 Honda CR-V with about 21,000 miles on it.

  • @Agapy8888
    @Agapy88885 ай бұрын

    It’s difficult to watch these. Makes me ill

  • @jrb_sland
    @jrb_sland5 ай бұрын

    So not only must I remember to grab best-possible before & after "walk around" photos with my phone, but also pix of one of the VIN plates [located usually on dashboard and driver's door pillar] so that I can verify that the VIN has been entered "letter perfect" by the agent handing me the keys & papers when I pick it up, but also when I return it. All this to avoid being arrested seven years later. Thanks, Mr. Lehto! As always, trust, but verify!

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    When i returned my last Uhaul truck rental part of what the local renter asked for was a photo of the VIN and a photo showing the location of the vehicle where I dropped it after hours, as well as a photo of the odometer and gas gauge.

  • @richarddaugherty8583
    @richarddaugherty85835 ай бұрын

    Enterprise should just check their records, issue an abject apology and a check. Every single large company makes mistakes. Some don't matter much; others matter very much. I have a lot more respect for someone (including companies) when they own up to a mistake and do what's needed to make it right. It should not be necessary to file a lawsuit. That's just a waste of everyone's time and energy (except the lawyer's). I have worked for two large nationally known banks during my career and I made it a point not to tell people. Whenever someone found out I worked for bank X I got to hear all their war stories about how bank X did them wrong and they were so corrupt, etc. Everyone and every company makes mistakes. You just have to own it when you do. That's called integrity and it's rare these days.

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    LOL, you must not be spreading a lot of respect around then.

  • @thomasarmbruster1743
    @thomasarmbruster17435 ай бұрын

    I've rented from Enterprise many times, even bought a couple of cars. Other than one crooked employee dipping into a friend's credit card, they've been exemplary.

  • @GS-kh3kb

    @GS-kh3kb

    5 ай бұрын

    After all your exemplary Enterprise encounters, how would you feel if you were the one in this story?

  • @thomasarmbruster1743

    @thomasarmbruster1743

    5 ай бұрын

    Who cares? I wasn't.

  • @dave3657
    @dave36575 ай бұрын

    My only issue with Enterprise was I rented a car which the previous renter smoked in it. They wouldn’t swap it out for another car. I made sure they noted that it wasn’t me that smoked in the car. I drove all the way with the windows down, it stunk. 🤢

  • @raitchison
    @raitchison5 ай бұрын

    I still say that rental car employees should face CRIMINAL prosecution for filing false police reports. I guarantee you that most employees would make sure the vehicle was actually stolen before filing a report if that was the case.

  • @leenonolee4629
    @leenonolee46295 ай бұрын

    She was arrested. Now that arrest records are not on paper but in a computer and the record of the arrest doesn't go away, when she applies for a job and they do a background check, they will NOT hire her because of an arrest record. There should be a law that FORCES the record holders to DELETE arrests that are like this, or when charges are dropped, and otherwise the victim is proven guiltless.

  • @Bob-Lob-Law
    @Bob-Lob-Law5 ай бұрын

    It’s a national embarrassment that it hurts a common enterprising man who is thrifty with his dollar and knows how to budget more than an avis. ie. people flock to a Turo Ferrari crash but no one pays attention to rent-a-wreck

  • @michaellowe3665
    @michaellowe36655 ай бұрын

    Anytime charges are dropped, you should have the choice to have your arrest record expunged or press charges against the cops for criminal confinement then have them expunged.

  • @diamondjim7560

    @diamondjim7560

    5 ай бұрын

    The police aren’t responsible for her incarceration. There was an active arrest warrant out for her. Once that arrest warrant gets into the system nationally, they have no alternative but to take her into custody. What I am trying to tell you the police that arrested her are not the villains. Enterprise and the employee that made the complaint in Vegas are. If you spend any time on KZread you must have seen the DUI culprits being pulled over and when their ID is run, low and behold, there is an active warrant out for them.

  • @ronbennett7885

    @ronbennett7885

    5 ай бұрын

    Expunging isn't the same as deletion, which I've never heard being done. Unfortunately, an expunge arrest record is still viewable in some government databases and can be an issue for security clearances and possibly other situations. As for pressing charges, that's something the DA or their designee decides. They're not going to file charges against the police for following protocol making an arrest for an outstanding warrant. One can debate whether the warrant should have been issued, but that's not up to the police, but rather the DA and judge involved.

  • @michaellowe3665

    @michaellowe3665

    5 ай бұрын

    @@diamondjim7560 in this case you are correct. It is not the police who are at fault for the warrant. It was Enterprise. Any time there is an arrest, especially on a warrant, it is a traumatic, expensive and potentially dangerous situation for the person arrested. If it was done wrongfully, someone is at fault. That person should at least face the potential of charges. When it is the cops who do it on their own because they don't understand the law or intentionally violate it to make the arrest, they should be charged. They are endangering lives and jeopardizing people professionally and financially. My statement is a general one, but someone is always at fault and should be held liable until the victim is fully compensated. It should not take years of litigation for the offending party to see any consequences.

  • @ralphmtsu

    @ralphmtsu

    5 ай бұрын

    @@diamondjim7560 Police have discretion. They can simply issue a notice to appear. There is no need for an arrest. Cops are just lazy and follow the mantra of just following orders. How did that work out for all the NAZI prison camp guards. God gave you a brain for a reason. Use it and don't simply follow the book.

  • @borabora4480
    @borabora44805 ай бұрын

    damages will be very high in the lawsuit since her children were impacted and probably had to be taken away by others. why six days? No bail? How much are they suing for?

  • @drewzimm4003
    @drewzimm40035 ай бұрын

    Nevada Felony theft statute of limitations is 4 Years (NRS 171.080 criminal). Property Damage statute of limitations is 3 years (NRS 11.190 civil).

  • @B__C
    @B__C5 ай бұрын

    I rented from Enterprise once. Once. We were heading out on a road trip for a week on the day we reserved the car. When I showed up, all and they had left was a Subaru Impreza. The cost of the Impreza had a picture of a Cadillac. They said the Impreza was the same price of a Cadillac because it was all wheel drive. Total BS. You can fit an Impreza in the trunk of a Cadillac. I got totally ripped off but was under the gun to get the car. I've never rented from Enterprise since then and never will again. I hope the extra money they ripped me off for was worth it.

  • @Cohen.the.Worrier
    @Cohen.the.Worrier5 ай бұрын

    Can a company report a car as stolen? Or does a real person have to sign the complaint? Can the police take any action against them for filing a false complaint?

  • @PuncherOfAbs

    @PuncherOfAbs

    5 ай бұрын

    Did that do the customary guns locked car theft routine while arresting her. And or left her kids sitting in the car along a desolate high way

  • @Strideo1
    @Strideo15 ай бұрын

    If I claim a car is stolen from me the police will actually investigate my claims before they just go out and arrest someone. If a giant corporation claims something is stolen from them apparently just their word is enough for the police to arrest someone. 🤦

  • @ronbennett7885

    @ronbennett7885

    5 ай бұрын

    It's a double standard for sure. For an individual loaning a car out to someone who doesn't return it timely, they'll often say it's a civil matter and they can't help. Yet, big corp can make a call and the police are out in force along with the DA motivated to file charges right away and get an arrest warrant. Fortunately, in many instances, police and DA use some common sense and thus those incidents never make the news. Shame that doesn't happen everywhere.

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    That should tell you who the cops are actually serving. It ain't us peasants.

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    @@ronbennett7885Both the news and the police exist to serve the ruling class so it's not really a double standard. The media is their publicity department and the cops are their enforcement and protection racket.

  • @evanr1784
    @evanr17845 ай бұрын

    I've made this comment once already on another article about this case . There have been many cases over the years wrogfully blaming customers for having " stolen" a car they rented and some of the customers have sat in jail for a lot longer than 6 days trying to resolve a case . About a month or so ago i saw a video of a middle age couple being pulled out at gunpoint by police because the car was reported stolen even though the couple had only had it for a couple of days and they had rented it for more . If this was a on off occurrence, or even 10 times over the years i would chalk it off to incompetence or mistakes. But ,because it keeps happening over and over , with different rental companies and no company seems to enact any policies so it doesnt happen again, i can only come to one conclusion. This is being done deliberately by the different companies because they somehow make money or save money by doing it. I just haven't been able to figure out how they benefit from it.

  • @mtunofun1
    @mtunofun15 ай бұрын

    When I worked at Enterprise (seperated in 2013), they used 2 different softwares for cars at the airports and local branches. The two softwares communicated with each other once the ticket was closed. Here’s where things can start to go wrong and I’ve seen it happen. Erac worker can do someting called a close-pend, the charges would stop, but the contract would not close out, and the car ends up being in purgatory. Usually they do this for replacement rentals: someone driving the car as a replacement for a dealership or insurance drops of the car at dealership or body shop. The shop calls Enterprise stating the car is in their possession and car needs to be picked up. Well what happens if branch forgets to close out the previous ticket and re-rents the car? Or another scenario that happens at their airport: Erac employee closes out the wrong contract and as a result, the car that did return doesn’t close out and keeps incurring charges.

  • @hermesten1000

    @hermesten1000

    4 ай бұрын

    What you're describing is a fuck the customer attitude. They impose the burden of their sloppy system on the customer instead of fixing it.

  • @Ptr834
    @Ptr8345 ай бұрын

    World is going crazy

  • @robevans5222

    @robevans5222

    5 ай бұрын

    united states is going crazy. Our rights can be violated by authorities without any consequences for them.

  • @Aquarium-Downunder

    @Aquarium-Downunder

    5 ай бұрын

    going crazy???? that time is long gone, the world went crazy years ago.

  • @Ptr834

    @Ptr834

    5 ай бұрын

    True true the world has been going crazy for some time i started my working life in 76 and watched it slowly go down the toilet just seems it's getting flushed more and more frequently

  • @Aquarium-Downunder

    @Aquarium-Downunder

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Ptr834 That makes you just a little bit older than me, made in 1962. You can't even use a pronound when talking about gender any more. I can't see what the deal is when a person has a POLE or a HOLE.

  • @frozencanary4522
    @frozencanary45225 ай бұрын

    Filing a false police report has criminal consequences. With the corporate shield, no one faces jail time. It's a paper tiger.

  • @janbest1070
    @janbest10705 ай бұрын

    She need sue both the rental company and cops for false arrest wrongful imprisonment. 10 million sounds fair