According to Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron an owner/operator of a local towing company business has been arrested after illegally posting a vehicle for sale on Facebook Marketplace.
On July 1, 2026, Hicks Towing was dispatched by the Wayne County 911 Dispatch Center to a vehicle accident on Kentucky Highway East 92. Hicks Towing was the next available towing company in line on the rotating wrecker list at the Dispatch Center after the vehicle’s owner did not have a personal request for any certain towing company to remove the vehicle from the accident scene.
On that date Hicks Towing did remove the vehicle from the accident scene and took it to their storage lot. On July 27, 2026, Wayne County Sheriff Office Deputy Nick Bertram received a complaint about an unauthorized vehicle listing on Facebook Marketplace under the towing companies owner/operator’s personal account. Deputy Bertrams investigation into the complaint revealed that the towing companies owner/operator did not contact the vehicles owner before it was listed for sale, did not legally transfer ownership of the vehicle, and did not following the Kentucky Statutory Requirements where the companies owner/operator could obtain a legal right of ownership before the vehicle could be sold. On July 27, 2026, the vehicle did not fall into the category of the statutory requirements where the towing company could even obtain a legal ownership as well. Deputy Bertram applied for and obtained a Wayne County District Court Complaint Warrant of Arrest for Troy K. Hicks of Monticello, KY., owner/operator of Hicks Towing for felony charges of theft by unlawful taking or disposition-auto ($1,000.00 but less than $10,000.00) and tampering with physical evidence.
On July 28,2026, Deputy James Barnett arrested Hicks on the Complaint Warrant of Arrest then lodged him in the Wayne County Detention Center.