2 Investigators: Police Put The Brakes On 'Boot Bandit' 

If you ever wondered what a piece of shit looked like, this guy is the perfect description of that.

They actually sell keys for these at your local hardware store, its called a cordless grinder

"What kind of person does that?" The kind that even after going bald still has a mullet

I had this happen to me once. I just used my tubular pick tool to take off the boot in about 30seconds. The guy was waiting in the corner of the lot and saw me take it off and started running towards me so I threw it in my car and drove off 😂

Anyone that would cut their hair like that is already a criminal.

They need to add another charge for that haricut

We need a follow up investigation into this man's hair.

Kind of surprised that nobody hasn’t laid this dude out in the street. When he meets the right guy, you don’t mess with folks rides. It could get serious real fast.

After The Goonies, Sloth had a hard time finding steady work and forced into a life of crime

That haircut is a crime

The cops should have booted his car while in court

It's impressive he can walk through the parking lot without having a heart attack.

"He's been doing this for several years, say police." --- And the police haven't bothered to do jack squat about it until the media got involved showcasing police apathy and/or incompetence.

Who's here from the lockpicking lawyer ?

as a person who spends most of their day in a tow truck. I am going to give you a little tip on these booters. if its NOT from the city/town that you are in, the boot is ILLEGAL. no one has the legal authority to boot people's cars unless they are from the city/town. if you find a boot on your car the first thing is to call the local police or parking enforcement (whichever does the booting) and ask them if they put a boot on your car. if they say no, then you have every legal right to remove it.

These boot devices are essentially wrongful imprisonment and should be banned in this country.

This guy lived a charmed life. It is amazing no one killed him.

Never trust a man with a haircut like that

i was booted for no reason in NC. I pulled out my cutting tourch and cut the boot off. Never heard anything about it from anyone.

What amazes me is how foolish these people are. As soon as he demanded cash, why wouldn't you call the police since it is clearly a scam?

Yeah he just skipped right over booting people on the south side, didnt he?

Man: **Boots cars** Lockpickinglawyer: Inexcusable flaw.

So the cops know he has been doing this for several years but just now picked him up and charged him now? Great police force there.

There’s a small hatch with a keyhole on it. Use your cordless grinder to get that open and then loosen the screw inside. Saves you a few minutes of grinding.

does that man know that while shaving his head he missed a shitload of hairs like on the whole back part of his head???

A 1000 dollars to take of Go buy grinder and cut it off

A tow company tried this on me in Louisville KY. I had my brother drive 45 minutes north with a cutting torch. I was in no way parked illegally. The crook's accomplice made his rounds back through and noticed what my bro and I were beginning to do and he threw a fit.. I stood there armed while he made threats. The police showed up determined that no parking violations had occured and allowed us to proceed because he claimed to not be in possession of the key. If he is still in "business" I have no idea I just avoid Louisville altogether and stay rural.

Yet the town, the councillors and even the police did NOTHING!

"Get that camera out of my face." Yeah, I'm actually fine with that. Nobody wants to see it.

this happened to my grandpa. he got a grinder and cut it off

This is why you carry a cordless angle grinder Ps thanks for all the likes!

His face is what comes to mind when you think of trolls

This man's worst enemy: A tubular lockpick and a flat head screwdriver.

the real criminal is his mother for not getting an abortion after mating with the guys uncle

They tried booting cars here. The boots were destroyed with grinders. After the actual boots ended up costing the company more than they were getting from those that didn't break them. No more boots lol

Here in New Jersey this boot thing is allowed. In Bloomfield there is a lot where if you don't come out in time from a store, a man will boot your car and then demand a credit card to get it off. Booting for profit should not be allowed.

I always wondered what happened to Sloth from Goonies.

The fact that this went for as long as it did without law enforcement intervention solidifies my life long argument that civilians just need to take matters into their own hands. Vigilante justice is the sweetest justice around.

I know I'm ugly but that mofo makes me look like brad pitt

If you believe that someone is trying to scam you here's a tip: Pull out your phone, point it at them and say "i'm recording this encounter for my lawyer" Their response will tell you everything you need to know.

You didn't boot my car, you "kidnapped" my vehicle and held it for ransom. I'd just blowtorch off the "modification" you made to my car without my consent. If you don't want me to destroy your property, don't physically attach your property to MY property.

1:58 I love how he threatened to tow away a big rig, I would've laughed in his face

As a tow truck driver, I can assure this dumpster fire of a human didn't have a rig capable of towing that swift truck. Nor would this scam artist be willing to pay or convince a company with a big rig wrecker to do his bidding. I was booted at my girlfriend's apartment, drilled the lock and left it in the spot for those freaking crooks.

I love CBS Chicago for reporting this.

This is the issue, it shouldn't take a news station getting involved to get such an obvious scam stopped. Maybe police could use a couple of the people whose sole job is to write tickets to work tracking down scams like this, as I doubt very much this sleazeball is the only one pulling it.

I just hope someone gives him a full clip of hollow points. This guy deserves to go in the worst way.

This dude: *Boots a random persons car thinking he'll get alot of money.* LockpickingLawyer: You poor fool

I'm surprised he hasn't had an "accident" booting the wrong car.

I’m having a hard time with the sentence that police say he’s been doing it for years. I guess it took exposure from the news organization to get law enforcement to do their job.

Sloth from the Goonies is the Boot Bandit

bet he didn't pay taxes on any of this "income".

If my car was booted illegally I would have taken out my grinder and cut it off

The garbage he pulled on that trucker absolutely kills me. The trucking industry itself is so unfair to the drivers and independent owner/operators. They work like dogs, running huge distances, managing expenses and trying to make ends meet, and even legitimate fines and fees can steal their profit from a hard job. To see this guy steal a thousand dollars, which could be the whole profit from a delivery, or more than the man is going to make off it, is not only criminal, it's sinful.

As long as we are handing out fake fines, I think the "Fashion Police" should be called on that hair doo... That haircut is criminal!

the guy looks like the monster from the goonys

Way to go CBS Chicago; this guy needs to be given the boot to prison for life.

perfect example of inbreeding

all the money he made, and still didn't remove the wart off his face, that should be another charge

If the police knew he had been doing this for several years, why haven’t they stopped him before this?

Take it easy on the guy. He was just saving up for a hair transplant and a quadruple chin lift. Have a heart people!

i was doing a welding job for the city of Atlanta years ago, and with my leads stretched out and me working they booted my welding rig. my helper bout flipped out about not getting home on time. whoever booted that truck should have known they cant keep a welding rig down. 2 min with a torch and away we went. never heard a word about it. lol

Love it!!!! Soo Happy to hear that they got caught and arrested. This happened to my mom years ago in the handicap parking space. She had the handicap sticker and the sign hanging from the rearview mirror. But, her car was booted. Probably from this same guy? She only had $100. Dollars in her purse for shopping and this creep took it after she said that she didn't have more money. I wasn't there, I was on vacation in Florida. When she told me, I asked her why she didn't call the police? She said that he was convincing and told her that her Handicap signs were expired and that he was city traffic enforcement. My mom has since pass away, but, this will always stick with me. I would have liked to catch this jerk. How many other poor older people did he do this too?

The real crime is his hair.

how did the police let him get away with this for so long?

"Chard has been doing this for several years but this us the first time he's been charged for this crime." This suggests a wider investigation is in order.

Reminded me of something that happened the other day. I--admittedly wrongly---parked in the wrong lot for a restaurant. I missed the tow away signs. My bad. The restaurant was closed, fortunately for me, and I was already back at my car's door and opening it when this white trash tow truck guy pulls in. He informs me that I need to step away from the car as he is going to tow it. I politely said that he has not hooked up my car yet, I am leaving, and I don't have to surrender my car to him. As I am getting into my car he threatened that he was going to follow me home and had "legal rights to tow my car from my property"! I just laughed which made him enraged. He was all excited that he was going to get some big tow fee, and I took that away from him. Interestingly, there was no one at work (Sunday) at the lot where I wrongly parked, so no one could have called for the tow, he was just a parasite cruising around looking for a mark....

Frankly, if a boot ever shows up on my car, it will be cut off, regardless of who puts it on.

As an auto dismantler I always carry my saws-all, it does a fine job at removing those boots.

he has just not booted the wrong person yet... i come out of a store and i am booted like that and he is asking me for money "or else"... they are going to need an ambulance.

This guy looks like the kind of person that would do this.

It’s Jabba the hut! He’s real!!!

DONT EVER PAY. dont you people know only the police and city can boot a vehicle, if you find one on your car call the police sit in your car( it is illegal to tow a car with a person in it)and dont pay anyone and dont tell anyone, just wait for the police to show up. dont pay anyone but the city. hope this guy had to pay all back and gets life in jail. this should have never gone on for more than one week.

Have the IRS follow up on him. I'm sure that is a free going to jail card for a long time!

The boot bandit is going to meet the booty bandit

I would have called the cops on him

How he did he get away with it for years is beyond me

He needed the money to pay for the rest of his haircut...

Police should of handcuffed him to a sign post in the car park and demanded a 50k cash payment for release 🔥🔥🔥🤪

The mane on the back of his head serves a purpose. He will be back in business before the ink is dry on his bond. He needs some street Justice.

Right of the bat he should be given double the amount of time given the first time each time he’s arrested

That is extortion. Why aren't they being charged with that?

You know the cops took most of that cash

How are these crimes never punished enough? It should be one count of theft for each victim served consecutively. He should be in jail for hundreds of years. There is no need for him to be a part of society anymore.

I love how the NRG guy brings up guns when it’s totally not necessary. You basically could say… I was robbed.

The elephant man would be afraid of the sight of this

Okay, let's do a DNA test on this troglodyte. I don't believe that he's fully human. Also, check the basement in his house. It's probably a chamber of horrors.

From the Size of His Mullet... he doesn't party Much and his business is Nothing.

He should go to jail for public indecency. That haircut alone is at least a 5-year sentence.

why didn't they just call the cops instead of giving him money?

Robbed them? They gave him the money I would of called cops before paying the guy

Someone tried this on my work truck. I got through the steel boot in less than 5 minutes with my grinder and a cutting wheel. I made sure to cut through it at the hinges and the hub shank so it wasn’t able to be fixed. One of the stores came out and took my license plate down but never heard anything.

Well, if the police have known about it for several years….WHY HASN’T ANYONE ARRESTED HIM BEFORE? I’m surprised several truckers haven’t had a private “conversation” with him yet. Sometimes it’s the only thing these guys understand!

7 year's before police action wow

Collective misdemeanors is a felony when you look at the total cash taken under false pretenses . 10 years ought to do it plus compensation to victims

That dudes hair. That's no Mullet, that's a Skullet.

Getting the falcon on that sign was priceless.

Them: *attaches one of those to my tire* Me: I'm going to do what's called a pro gamer move

If there was a way someone could shackle his leg to paralyze him from walking, I’d say do it and make him pay all the money he stole to get it removed.

He was lucky to still be alive

Get him locked up immediately