Michelle Fonville thought her car had been stolen. Shed lived at the Medical Center Courts apartments since February, across from Detroit Receiving Hospital, and always parked her 2017 Chevy Cruz in the same spot.

But as she left for work on a morning in September, all she found was an empty space.

I called the police immediately, she said.

Michelles car hadnt been stolen. Just after 6 a.m. that morning, a Detroit towing company that contracted with the complex had her vehicle removed.

No one had complained that Michelles car was in the wrong space. Instead, a spotter employed by Goch & Sons towed the vehicle because he couldnt see her parking permit in the window.

Fonville denies this. Even still, she said she brought her lease to the towers headquarters in Detroit to prove she had e

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