Owner of troubled No Limit Towing to serve more than 2 years for forgery, issuing a bad check
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CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- The owner of the troubled No Limit Towing & Recovery, who is accused of stealing cars and money from citizens over several years, will serve just over 2 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to some of the charges she faces in Caroline County.
On Tuesday, Feb. 3, Sherral Crawley appeared in the Caroline County Circuit Court regarding allegations of forgery, grand larceny and issuing bad checks in connection with her Richmond-based towing business.
The investigation into No Limit Towing began in December 2022, with the Richmond Police Department looking into claims that vehicles were being towed from unauthorized areas and customers were being overcharged.
When serving a search warrant on the business in 2023, police expanded these allegations, stating that vehicles were being taken from private lots and then being illegally demolished or sold. Dozens of residents were reportedly impacted by this conspiracy.
A few days after that search took place, Crawley turned herself into police. Since then, she's racked up quite a few charges across both the city of Richmond and Caroline County.
During Tuesday's hearing, Crawley pleaded guilty to two of nine charges -- those being one felony count of forgery and one misdemeanor count of issuing a bad check valued at less than $1,000.
She was sentenced to a total of 11 years in prison on these two charges -- however, seven years and six months of this sentence were suspended. This means Crawley's active sentence is only two years and six months.
The remaining seven charges were marked "nolle prosequi," meaning they were dropped due to prosecutors being unwilling to pursue them further. This includes three felony counts of forgery, two felony counts of conspiracy to commit grand larceny of at least $1,000, one felony count of grand larceny of more than $1,000 and one felony count of exploiting a vulnerable adult.
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This decision in Caroline comes just a few days prior to Crawley's Feb. 9 sentencing hearing at the Richmond City Circuit Court, where a judge will determine her sentence on eight charges she faces in the city.
Those charges include:
- Three felony counts of title registration fraud
- Two felony counts of obtaining money under false pretenses
- One felony count of grand larceny of a motor vehicle
- One misdemeanor count of obtaining money under false pretenses, less than $1,000
- One misdemeanor count of petit larceny of less than $200, not from a person
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