In areas like Grand Rapids and Bay City, the towing community is somewhat swamped with dispatches after record rainfall stalled out hundreds of vehicles.

Special unit called in, ultimately detonating a small device that turned out to be nothing more than a laser pointer. Traffic was closed in the area for hours.

Vehicles removed during an annual arts festival at a college in Gainesville, drawing numerous complaints to police. Owner faces escalating fines.

Owner’s husband arrested after argument with police in which he was pepper-sprayed for threatening officers. Security footage, however, tells a different story.

Owner clips a suspected burglar during an apparent break-in last week near Tulsa. Police are investigating.

Arson attacks against towing enterprises have dotted the country in recent months, spotlighting the heightened threat almost specific to the industry.