On Tuesday April 7th a HORRIBLE injustice was done to me.

On Tuesday, April 7Th, while I was busy at my job, at 1:45pm my wife calls me and says, "Honey, the State Police are here and they want to confiscate our car. I said, "WHAAAHT!". The State Police then get on the phone and proceed to tell me that my car is a stolen vehicle. But I am in complete disbelief because I bought this car and received a CLEAN TITLE from the State of Illinois ALMOST 4 YEARS AGO.

That's right, I bought my 2003 Dodge Durango for cash back in Sept. 2005. I bought it from a private party for $11,000 cash. He gave me a title which I promptly signed and sent in along with my State Registration and $$ for the transfer of the Title to the Secretary of State of Illinois.

Here is the important part to remember. The State of Illinois sent me back a CLEAN TITLE with MY NAME ON IT. That's right, I received a CLEAN, ORIGINAL, TITLE from the STATE OF ILLINOIS almost 4 years ago. Plus, every year after, I have been sending in my $$ for yearly registration, with NO PROBLEMS.

Now the State just comes, UNANNOUNCED, ABRUPTLY, and basically STEALS MY CAR at GUNPOINT.

Needless to say, I am MAD AS HELL!

I asked the Police, "Who will reimburse me for the value of my car (which is worth about $7000 right now). He just coldly said, "You'll have to take that up with your insurance company and make a comprehensive theft claim." I did that and the next day (which is yesterday) the adjuster calls me back and it sounds "iffy" as to if they will compensate me.

Obviously if my insurance company (GEICO) does not reimburse me then I will have to get an Attorney and either sue GEICO or the STATE OF ILLINOIS.

I believe that the State of Illinois are the ones who are at fault here (other than the original thieves). Here is why. The State of Illinois are the ones who SENT ME A CLEAN CLEAR TITLE. They should have known that this car was stolen (if it really was stolen, which I am not fully convinced of yet). It is sort of like when you buy a House and get Title insurance and are issued a Clean Title if 3 yrs later someone says that they have a lien against the house the Title company must make that right and pay that lien off. I acted in legal terms as a "buyer in due course".
The State of Illinois should not have been issuing CLEAN TITLES when they were NOT Clean Titles. If the State will not pay, I still believe that GEICO should pay since the car was fully covered with comprehensive insurance, and I have been a faithful customer with NO claims for the last 7 yrs.

The bottom line is that the car was taken from me even though I did everything right.

I also found out that the State Police have picked up 300 other people's cars too. Sounds like we all need to find a good Attorney and file a CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT against the STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Also, the NBC today show was with the Police when this happened and later interviewed me at my house. I will use the media if I need to in order to get "righted". And anyone else who has had this happen to them should use every possible way they can to get compensated for the "theft" of the State of Illinois.

Jimbo