The owner of a local towing company, Jeremy Good, has been arrested and charged for allegedly forging a title and lying about how he came into possession of a stolen 1967 Camaro, according to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office.

A release from the sheriff’s office stated that on Jan. 16, the owner of the Camaro, Tim McManus, reported to deputies that his car had been stolen while he was incarcerated at the Rowan County Detention Center.

Deputies began investigating McManus’ claims, determining that McManus was stopped on Sept. 30, 2022, for driving without a license. His vehicle was then towed by Good’s company, Lebleu’s Towing and Salvage. Deputies were also able to determine that at that time, Lebleu’s was on the rotation for tow service list to tow vehicles for the Rowan County Sheriffs Office as well as several other law enforcement agencies in the area.

Investigators confirmed that after the vehicle was towed, and in storage at LeBleu Towing, McManus went to LeBleu Towing after hours and took his vehicle without payment or authorization. He was later charged, and the vehicle was returned to LeBleu. When McManus was released from jail the second time, he enlisted the assistance of a friend who loaned him the money to pay the tow bill, and the vehicle was picked up by McManus and his friend.

McManus was later arrested and incarcerated on unrelated charges, and while he was in jail, his friend went and picked up the vehicle from McManus’ residence and then took it to LeBleu’s Towing, where he sold it to Good for the amount that Good was allegedly owed by McManus, despite the fact that McManus had already paid Good.

Good, later submitted documents to both the Rowan County Clerk’s Office and the Cabarrus County Clerk’s Office to assert his claim to the title and ownership of the 1967 Camaro.

Good purported that McManus owed $7,290 in outstanding fees associated with storing the vehicle, claiming that LeBleu’s Towing had retained possession of the vehicle from September of 2022 until April of 2023.

However, on March 9, 2023, during the execution of a search warrant on an unrelated matter at McManus’ private residence, images of the 1967 Camaro were captured on an officer’s body-worn camera at that location, showing that the vehicle was not in the possession of the business LeBleu Towing.

The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles assisted in the investigation, and Jeremy Good was charged with felony uttering a forced instrument, felony obtaining property by false pretenses, two counts of making a false affidavit/perjury and felony altering/forging a title.

Good was placed in the Rowan County Detention Center with a $30,000 secured bond. This is still an ongoing investigation, but the department said no further details are being released at this time.