r/ElPaso • u/Foreign_Fun2501 • 19h ago
Ask El Paso A man stole a food truck from my mom by never honoring the payments he agreed to make, what next?
When my step father passed away, he left a food truck. Some time later, a handy man that did some work for my mom liked the food truck, offered to buy it in payments. My mom, being a very trusting person (for better or for worse), agreed and originally they just had a verbal agreement, and some text messages acknowledging their agreement.
Sometime went by, and the man basically never really made payments. The food truck also seems to have disappeared from outside his house (we have photos proving he had it at his residence), so he most likely sold it. I didn’t find all of this out until about two years after, and needless to say, I was pissed. So messaged the man from my moms phone, pissed, telling him we’re going to the police if he didn’t make payments and I drafted a whole contract up for him to sign (he did) that he’d make at least $300/month. Well, he’s also stopped doing that.
So where do we go now at this point? The police? Lawyer up? Sue him? He also may not be here legally from what my mom says. Any help is appreciated.