For those who had been planning on having Donnie Callaway work in your Ferrari, it could be time to provide you with a backup plan.
The California-based mechanic who’s gained renown in auto circles for his work on classic Prancing Horses and different Italian sports activities automobiles was arrested in Arizona earlier this month, reports Bloomberg. The 60-year-old is facing charges of theft, trafficking stolen property, forgery, and fraud.
Extra from Robb Report
Callaway was booked in Decrease Buckeye Jail in Maricopa County on Monday, April 1. The newswire stories that the mechanic was ensnared in a “sting operation” arrange by an unnamed collector who had come to suspect that Callaway didn’t rightfully personal the Ferrari Daytona and 512BB that he was making an attempt to promote. He’s being held on $400,000 money bond. His arraignment is about for April 17, together with his trial scheduled to start out on Aug. 14.
Callaway’s arrest and detainment will seemingly come as a shock to U.S. Ferrari aficionados aware of his work. The mechanic, who works and lives out of an airplane hangar north of Los Angeles in Lancaster, California, has grow to be a neighborhood superstar in recent times thanks, partially, to the endorsements of high-profile gearheads like Jay Leno and Matt Farah. His intensive social media posting of the automobiles he works on, and the life-style his success has introduced him, has additionally helped enhance his profile.
“His work is past reproach,” Farah advised Bloomberg earlier this month. “He gave me a good charge for excellent-quality work.”
Leno and Farah might have had good experiences coping with Callaway, however there are additionally a number of Ferrari lovers who didn’t. The mechanic was accused of overcharging some purchasers even earlier than his arrest. An nameless Instagram account that calls Callaway a “swindler” was arrange earlier this month to share his mugshot and case particulars.
This isn’t Callway’s first expertise with the court docket or authorized methods both. He has been charged with a number of cases of theft and fraud over the a long time, and has a number of prison convictions relationship again to 2001, in line with Bloomberg. He’s additionally at present the topic of a number of lawsuits, together with one wherein he’s accused of attempting to promote a Ferrari Monza that didn’t belong to him and one other that accuses him of unfair enterprise practices, breach of contract, and fraud.
Better of Robb Report
Join Robb Report’s Newsletter. For the newest information, observe us on , , and .
