It's been a rough couple of months for Breakthrough Towing, the overzealous (OK, some say "predatory") towing company that has come under fire for being part of an alleged scam in which drivers are forced to pay hundreds of dollars to recover their vehicles — even when they say they are rightful customers parked in customer-only lots.
Following a September Metro Times story about the company, which we routinely spot hauling cars from the McDonald's and the liquor store across the street from our office, WJBK-Fox 2 reports that Breakthrough Towing has been ticketed by the city for 10 violations.
The company isn't being fined for its aggressive businesses practices, though — at least, not at the moment. Instead, the city is nailing it for blight and code and compliance violations at the Detroit lot where it stores the cars it tows.
"What they're doing to people that own cars is ridiculous and should not be happening," Dave Bell, director of Detroit's Buildings, Safety, Engineering and Environmental Department told the TV station. "But unfortunately I can't enforce that.…