Board approves release of two impounded vehicles after $1,000 payments in street-racing cases

Chris Wonteland, a member of the Louisville Metro Code Enforcement Board, ruled on two street-racing enforcement cases during the board's January docket, approving the conditional release of each vehicle after the $1,000 penalty was paid. One vehicle in the case ENFLMPD-24-000070 (Tate Anthony) had been impounded for four months; Wonteland ordered the remaining two months of impoundment to be conditionally discharged and noted a release date of Feb. 5 with receipts and the signed order required for release.

Counsel John Britain told the board the $1,000 fine had been paid and that an interpreter was present for the respondent. Wonteland summarized the agreement on the record: “the thousand dollar fine has been paid. The car has been impounded for 4 months, and the other 2 months will go ahead and be conditionally discharged.” He instructed the respondent to present the order and receipts to the impound lot on the specified release date.

In a separate case involving Tyler Brown (case referenced as ENFLMPD-24-00042 in the hearing record), the board recorded that the $1,000 penalty had already been paid and that the vehicle had been in impound for roughly five months. Wonteland ordered immediate release and said he would conditionally discharge the final month of impoundment. He warned the respondents that future violations would carry stiffer penalties: “The next time, it will be $2,000 and that car will be impounded for a period of 1 year,” he said.

Both rulings were handled as part of the board's enforcement docket without a recorded roll-call vote; the orders and administrative forms will be completed by staff and provided to respondents or mailed to addresses on file.