A Winter Park man is in jail after he had four cars towed for cash. But the man didn't own the cars.

WFTV's Renee Stoll learned that Florida law allows towing companies to take some cars even without a title.
   
Jonathan Cromlish had a 1991 Chevy Camaro and three other cars disappear from his Winter Park property one day.

According to police reports they were all sold for cash and towed away by a man who didn't even own them.

"They came here, took them no questions asked?" Renee Stoll asked Cromlish.

"He just signed a little bit of paperwork and they just towed them off and gave him cash," said Cromlish.

Police reports show that Justin Burns showed only identification, signed a derelict motor vehicle certificate and gave a thumbprint. He didn't even have to provide a title to sell the four cars he didn't own to a towing company.

What Burns did is illegal, but what the towing company did isn't.

Florida law allows towing companies to buy cars without titles if the car is over 10 years old and worth less than $1,000. Most towing companies require proof of ownership, but some don't.

"I don't think it's right. I think it should be against the law, honestly," said Cromlish.

Stoll went to the company that towed those four cars, ABC Junk Yard, to ask why they didn't ask for proof of ownership.
   
After initially refusing to talk, a worker later came out and told Stoll that when they checked the vehicle identification number the car hadn't come up stolen. But the car wouldn't have been listed as stolen until the towing company had taken it, and the owner had noticed it missing.