STANLEY, N.C. — Concerns are growing over what some are calling predatory towing practices in Gaston County. More than a dozen commercial vehicles were removed from a parking lot in Stanley over the weekend, leaving some owners facing thousands of dollars in fees.
The incident happened at a lot along N.C. Highway 27, where business owners say they returned to find their vehicles gone and were later told they would need to pay steep costs to retrieve them.
Heavan Mitchell, with N.E.P. Contracting, said one of the company’s trucks, a Ford F-550 with a trailer, was towed and came with a bill totaling $8,154…