Muscle Car Mix-Up

An auto body mechanic took another man's Maserati out of a parking garage for an unauthorized spin. At 4 p.m. on Friday, August 2, a man calling himself James entered a parking garage on Desbrosses Street and told the garage manager that the owner of the Maserati had given him permission to pick up the car for repair. The manager let him take the car, and it never returned. When the owner of the vehicle, a 52-year-old man from Maitland, FL, heard of the hand-off, it was discovered that James no longer worked for the auto body shop, but had been terminated on July 30. The Maserati was a black 2012 Gran Turismo Sport with DC plates, valued at $130,000.