Complaint Review: Froviks Towing & Recovery

First for people to know is this towing company was sued by another towing company because cHRIS fROVIK did bad business and stole towing business from another agency he had a contract with. However Frovik won the case on minor details that both parties thought they had trust in each other.

Chris Frovik does not do legit towing practices and shows up to the companys he services to tow their violators away in his personal vehicles to tag those vehicles so that nobody sees him around the property in his tow truck. His family has a few cars that they use to do this setup towing tactics and if you do business with this guy you are in trouble. FROVIK HAS HAD LOCAL ISSUES DOING THIS VERY TACTIC AT A LOCAL TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION IN THE BLAINE AREA. POLICE WERE CALLED ONE DAY AND FROVIK LEFT IN A HURRY BEFORE THEY GOT THERE.

Chris is a theif and has been convicted of stealing a Skid Steer and charged and prosecuted for TWO FELONIES COUNT OF STEALING A VEHICLE VALUED AT OVER $41,000.00 AND LIED TO AUTHORITIES THAT HE CONTACTED THE OWNER BY CERTIFIED MAIL BUT DIDNT HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT HIS LIE.  BELOW IS THE COPY OF THE NEWPAPER AD. 

There is more complaints on the local internet review sites where his business is advertising. 

BELOW IS THE NEWS REPORT.

Coon Rapids resident who owns a towing company in Blaine faces two felony counts in Anoka County District Court.

Christopher William Frovik 33, 10827 Yellow Pine St. N.W. was arraigned in court Jan. 14th on charges of receiving stolen property. (over $35,000.00)and motor vehicle theft. 

Frovik was released on his own recognizance and is due back in court on Oct. 26.

In January 2012, Coon Rapids Police Det. Dave Westberg received information that there was a stolem yellow "bobcat machine" with tracks instead of wheels at Frovik's Towing, 1870 Radison Rd. N.E. Blaine, according to the complaint.

After observing a yellow colored tracked Catapiller brand model 257B2 skid steer parked inside the fenced yard of Frovik's Towing, Westberg contacted the National Insurance Crime Bureau supervisory special agent and learned that only one Catapillar model 257B2 had been reported stolen since January 2011. He was provided the model year and serial number.

Executing a search warrant at Frovik's Towing, offices located the yellow skid steer model 257B2 that was in the yard and when they ran the Caterpillar vehicle that it had been stolen from Prior Lake on Sept. 24, 2010 and had not been recovered.

In a statement, Frovik alledged he had towed the skid steer from an apartment complex in Ramsey County and had sent a letter to the apartment complex that he had towed the skid steer.

Frovik also alleged he has sent a letter to the listed owner telling the owner that he had towed the skid steer and they could pick it up.

But Frovik was allegedly unable to provide any documentation proving he had towed the skid steer from the apartment building or that he had sent the letters.

The apartment complex allegedly denied it had had a skid steer towed.

According to the complaint Frovik admitted he used the skid steer to remove snow on his property in Blaine while it was in his possession.

The owner alleged no one had permission to take or use the skid steer, which was valued at over $41,400.00

Story by Peter Bodley.