Man Repossessing Car Held at Knifepoint

A man had a knife put to his throat and his phone stolen while trying to reposes a car in Waverly.

According to a police report, a man was repossessing a car at 6:40 a.m. on Wednesday in the 3500 block of East 35th Street when a man came out to stop him from taking the car by putting a knife to his neck.

At that time a woman came out and took the man’s cell phone. After they were given the car back the pair gave the man his phone back and then fled the area.

The woman eventually returned to the address but wasn’t taken into custody because of a heart condition.  

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