Towing Company Owner Accused in Vehicle Title, Forgery Case

PARAGOULD, Ark. — A Paragould towing company owner faces dozens of charges after police said investigators found forged paperwork, false tow records and title documents tied to multiple vehicles, including one allegedly taken from a woman’s home without a valid repossession order.

Heather Patterson, owner of Prestige Towing, faces 30 counts of second-degree forgery, a Class C felony; 27 counts of false evidence of title or registration, an unclassified felony; one count of theft of property, a Class B felony; and 89 counts of falsifying a business record, a Class A misdemeanor, according to Paragould police.

Judge Curtis Hitt set Patterson’s bond at $100,000 cash or surety.

The investigation began May 20, 2026, when officers responded to a residence in the 1800 block of East Lake Street in Paragould to take a report. The victim told officers that Patterson came to her home on April 2, 2026, and repossessed her vehicle. The victim said she believed the repossession was legitimate and willingly turned over the keys.

The victim later told police she saw the vehicle in Prestige Towing’s tow yard, but then saw it posted on Facebook in another person’s possession. While officers were at the victim’s residence, they contacted her lien company, which told police that no repossession order had been issued for the vehicle. The victim also provided text messages between her and Patterson discussing the repossession, police said.

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Detectives later contacted Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Police, which provided paperwork Patterson had submitted on the vehicle. Police said the paperwork included a tow slip from Prestige Towing, signed by Patterson, stating the vehicle had been abandoned and was a water recovery.

Investigators said the VIN listed for the victim’s vehicle was also incorrect in paperwork provided to DFA, which allowed the vehicle to be registered to another person under a false VIN.

Police obtained a search warrant for Patterson’s residence, where officers seized a large quantity of Prestige Towing paperwork. Patterson was taken to the police department and interviewed after being advised of her rights, police said.

During the interview, Patterson told detectives she was dropped off by another person to repossess the victim’s vehicle. Patterson said she had a repossession order, but also told detectives she had been informed by the victim’s lien company that no repossession order had been issued.

Investigators said the repossession order Patterson claimed to have came from a company that filed for bankruptcy in October 2025.

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Police said Patterson told detectives that after speaking with the victim’s lien company, she filed paperwork with the state and sold the vehicle within two weeks of taking possession of it. When asked about the incorrect VIN on the paperwork, Patterson told investigators it must have been a mistake. Police said the VIN was incorrect on all paperwork except when it was listed in the newspaper.

As investigators reviewed paperwork seized from Prestige Towing, police said they found 89 separate incidents in which Patterson filled out a tow slip and notice stating vehicles were towed at the request of Greene County dispatch.

Prestige Towing has not been on tow rotation for all of Greene County since Jan. 30, 2023, police said. Investigators said no records existed in dispatch reporting software for the vehicles, dates or locations listed in those documents. Police said all 89 incidents occurred within the past year.

DFA Police also reviewed paperwork filed with the state by Patterson and found documents related to 27 motor vehicle titles and registrations that investigators said contained forged documents and false evidence. Police said the paperwork for those 27 vehicles included abandoned vehicle documents, letters and invoices stating Greene County Central Dispatch was the requesting party.

According to tow logs held by Greene County Central Dispatch, police said there were no records of those vehicles, dates or locations dating back to the cancellation of Prestige Towing’s service.

The investigation also included a 2024 stolen motorcycle report taken by the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.

On May 6, 2026, a Greene County deputy responded to a residence on 838 Road after a hot file inquiry through ACIC returned to a stolen motorcycle. The deputy made contact with a man who said he had run the check on the motorcycle.

The man told the deputy he had bought the motorcycle from another man who was incarcerated and then called Prestige Towing on April 28, 2026, to obtain a temporary license plate. Police said Prestige Towing reportedly charged him $100 for the temporary plate and provided him with a signed bill of sale.

The man also told police Prestige Towing informed him the temporary license plate would allow him to obtain a title. He said Prestige Towing contacted him again on May 5, 2026, and told him the motorcycle was stolen. The man said he did not believe it, so he ran a VIN check himself.

After the check showed the motorcycle was stolen, police said the man reportedly sold the motorcycle. The deputy obtained information about the person who bought it, and Paragould police later located the motorcycle that evening.