A Pasco Truck Wash owner is in cuffs over a money dispute and the contamination of a customer's diesel tank containing roughly 160 gallons in fuel.

The Pasco Police responded to a call at a local Truck Wash. The officers have left out the names of the business and all involved but they did post this interesting story on their Facebook page

Here is what the Pasco Police wrote about the incident:

Our story starts with a local semi driver taking his tractor and trailer to a local truck wash. He speaks with employees in the big truck bay, tips them, then he pays upfront for having the tractor washed only. Accounts vary. The employees washed both the tractor and trailer, reporting that the driver told them to. The owner wants to be paid for both washes. Police are called.

This is a dispute over money, a civil issue, one that would not even occur if the employees followed the policy of waiting to see a receipt before starting the work. The disputed amount was less than $70, and the transaction had included a $40 cash tip to employees. Officers told the owner that they could not force the driver to pay for the trailer wash he claimed he never ordered and that the owner could not hold the tractor and trailer. The owner walked off toward the truck wash bay.

When the driver and officers relocated him, the owner was pulling a water hose out of the diesel tank of the semi-tractor. The owner found himself in handcuffs, in a patrol car. The two tanks are connected and about 160 gallons of diesel were contaminated. The case ended with the owner paying for a commercial tow to take the rig to a nearby pump station to remove the contaminated fuel, and paying to replace the fuel. In addition, the driver told police that the delay caused him to miss a load pickup, which cost him income.

Officers will be forwarding the case to the PA for review of charges on the owner. The officers let him out of the car and took the handcuffs off, but he may still face charges. If the driver and officers had not actually interrupted the process, if the driver fired up the engine and drove off, the damage and cost could have been much more.

Anyone with info about this case can call Dispatch at (509)628-0333 or email Officer Jeremy Pellicer at pellicerj@pasco-wa.gov about case 20-12771 Malicious Mischief.

It looks like a mess and miscommunication. The comments on the Facebook page say that the truck driver might've been trying to get a free wash but that still doesn't make it legally right for the owner to damage property in case of a dispute of payment. I'm sure the cost of fines and fuel to be replaced far exceeded the cost of the truck and trailer wash.

You can read more about this story on the Pasco Police Facebook page here.

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