53 Cars Towed From UCF During Glenn Beck Event

53 Cars Towed From UCF During Glenn Beck Event

Posted: 11:04 am EDT March 30,2010
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dozens of people who parked at the University of Central Florida for an event say they were set up after their cars were towed. They said event parking signs directed them to a lot, but more than 50 cars in that lot were towed. People said those signs and their cars were gone when they got back.

A viewer contacted WFTV after his car was towed Saturday, along with 52 others. All of them were in line to recover their cars at an impound lot and all of them attended the Glenn Beck show at UCF.

The people parked in a Kappa Sigma lot. Mike Vedder thinks they were set up. He doesn't know if it was a dislike of the conservative commentator or money.

“Maybe the have a deal with the tow truck company or maybe they got kickbacks under the table," Vedder said.

They all said an event parking sign clearly directed them into the lot. Students at the fraternity wouldn't comment, but WFTV caught up with the owner of Orange County Towing and Recovery, Ronald Hulbert.

"I have a lot at stake, a lot invested. I'm not going to lose it over a $125 tow, times 53, times 53, it was a good day," Ronald Hulbert said.

Hulbert admits he's never towed that many cars in one day before; he said it took him at least eight hours to tow all the cars. Each driver had to pay cash, netting him more than $6,600.

Vedder also had to pay $25 for a cab ride to the tow company.

UCF said, out of 30 recent events, it hasn’t had a problem, but Vedder said this was his last at that arena.

“I won’t come to anymore. I'm going to tell everyone else it's not a place I want to be," he said.

WFTV was told to call Paul Gamble with Kappa Sigma, but he did not return any phone calls. Copyright 2010