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Would you stick around and wash
your car after a shooting? One customer
did because he has God on his
side, according to My San Antonio. A man in his
20s was taken to University Hospital in critical
condition after he was shot at the Pumphouse Car
Wash on January 15, according to the San Antonio
Police Department.
Shortly after 10 a.m. police received several
calls about a shooting in progress at the car wash.
When officers arrived, they found the man with
gunshot wounds standing next to his car.
The man had been shot once in the stomach, and
was alert enough to provide some information to police.
He told police that he didn’t know the shooter,
but saw that he drove off in a gray Ford Taurus.
Police said they are reviewing the wash’s surveillance
footage.
Crime scene tape cordoned off much of the car
wash, but some bays remained open. And, apparently,
a drive-by shooting didn’t stop John Cano
from washing his car. Speaking with a reported,
as he wiped his windshield with soap and water,
he said he has lived in the area for years and never
seen anything like the incident, but he also was
not worried.
“As long as you have God in your heart, that’s
it,” he said in the story.
Police in Laurel County, Kentucky,
are looking for three suspects who
robbed a car wash on American Greeting
Card Road. Now, I have been with this publication
for three years now, so if anyone knows me, they
must know the name of the road is going to catch
my attention. Now, with it being such a distinct
name, you would think that the American Greeting
Card Company was located in Laurel County.
But, NOPE. It’s in Cleveland, Ohio. Hallmark
Cards however started in Kansas City, Missouri,
but that is almost 700 miles away, and, also, that
would be a really bad marketing move. But, after
a good 25 minutes of Internet sleuthing, and an
almost phone call to the Laurel County historian,
it looks as if there used to be an American Greeting
Card factory located in Corbin, Kentucky, on
American Greeting Card Road. Sadly, the factory
has now closed. Now, getting back to the crime
story: It looks as if three people were caught on
camera at the Ultra Shine Car Wash in January. It
is unclear if they actually stole anything, but the
owner is offering a $250 reward for information.
I wonder if they get caught , will they send the
owner an apology card? Too soon?
UPDATE:
A fine was set for the man caught
illegally dumping concrete in car
wash bay last year.
The Fall 2019 issue of Self Serve Car Wash
News, covered the original story of how a
man in Kansas City, Missouri, was caught on
camera dumping concrete onto a bay floor
at the Soft Touch Car Wash. According to
KDAF-TV, car wash owner Dennis Nash, who
has owned South Touch for 16 years has
video showing the driver wash out the mixer
and then dump wet concrete mix, the rest of
UPDATE:
The second thug has been found
and arrested in Cape Coral, Florida, according
to nbc-2, after he, along with another
man, were spotted with a stolen vehicle at a
car wash. In the original story, posted in the
Winter 2019 issue of Self Serve Car Wash
News, a car thief and his accomplice left a
stolen SUV in a self-service car wash bay.
And, not only were they caught on camera,
the accomplice was caught after the two
of them took off into a nearby open field. A
lone officer who had spotted the stolen vehicle
in the bay had noticed the two men and
what was in the mixer, onto the floor of the
car wash bay.
After surveillance images of the truck and
mixer appeared on FOX4, a tipster called
the city’s 513-DUMP hotline with a license
plate number that led investigators to Melvin
Jordan.
According to a November 1 update by
FOX4, the man was ordered to pay $1,000.
However, Nash said he asked for Jordan to
help clean up the mess.
chased after them into the field and was able
to catch the accomplice on foot. The other
guy got away along with a credit card stolen
from the SUV. However, he has since been
found and arrested. Now, how was he caught
you might be asking? This man, who’s intelligence
can only be compared to that of a box
of rocks, used the stolen credit card to buy
items online, and had them shipped to his
own address.
Maybe police should ask the two men if
they know the guy who stole the golf cart?
(see earlier story).
78 • WINTER 2020