Overview
- Illinois State Police arrested 36-year-old Saeed E. Mustafa of Chicago Ridge during a Feb. 27 traffic stop on Interstate 94.
- He faces six Class 2 felony counts of conspiracy to receive, possess or sell a stolen motor vehicle.
- Troopers say the probe began after a Feb. 12 crash on the Bishop Ford Freeway when a victim’s car disappeared before a private tow arrived.
- Investigators allege he used his tow truck to remove that vehicle and sold it for cash with documents that falsely claimed authority.
- Police report he brought several vehicles to the same junk car company, some listed as stolen in Chicago and Indiana, and he is being held pending his first court appearance.