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DeKalb recovers $142,000 from towing contractor

By April Hunt
Oct 8, 2012

A tow truck operator that contracted with DeKalb County has repaid about $142,000 the firm allegedly owed to the county from impounded car auctions.

DeKalb’s solicitor, Sherry Boston, last spring reported that Cymill Motors on Covington Highway near Stone Mountain sold 336 vehicles at public auctions, without paying the county the profits.

In August, Boston arrested owners Cynthia Jarrett-Thorpe and Millern Prince Jarrett-Thorpe. The pair agreed to restitution in the case and recently paid the tab in full.

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