Denton police say they are investigating numerous complaints against an auto repair shop in the 3300 block of East University Drive.

Detective Sgt. Brad Curtis said a detective is working with the district attorney’s office to determine whether the complaints, which mostly involve alleged deceptive practices, can be prosecuted criminally.

“We’ve had multiple complaints,” Curtis said. “We definitely are looking into this.”

The latest complaint was reported Tuesday. A woman said she looked on the Internet to find a good price on a transmission repair. She found the Denton business and obtained an estimate of $1,597 for the work.

But later she learned her cost would be $3,300, according to the report. She said she didn’t want the work done and asked to have her car back.

But the repair shop employee told her that her transmission was in pieces in the back of the shop. There would be a minimum $900 payment for the work already done before the shop would release her car, she learned. The woman paid the $900 and the parts of her transmission were placed in the trunk of her car, which then had to be towed to another repair shop.

Other reports

600 block of Lakey Street — Two men told police they were shot at as they ran from men in a car early Tuesday.

The victims said they were walking along the street about 2:40 a.m. to get rid of energy because they had been drinking energy drinks. A car with two men inside pulled up beside them. They didn’t know the men, they said, but the men began shouting at them and one said he would shoot them.

The victims ran, with the car in pursuit, they said. They ran through a park and became separated. One continued running with the car on the nearby street until he came to the police department, where he ran inside. The other said he lay down behind headstones in a cemetery until he felt it was safe, then he too went to the police department.

3900 block of Morse Street — The owner of a business said that over the past year an employee apparently used a company debit card to obtain cash advances of about $40,000. The employee, who no longer works for the business owner, also is accused of taking a big-screen television from a rental house, according to the police report.

Roundup

From 7 a.m. Tuesday to 7 a.m. Wednesday:

• Denton police responded to 294 service and officer-initiated calls, including one debit card abuse, one deceiving business practice complaint, one fraud, eight thefts, one case of possession of a controlled substance, one case of possession of marijuana, one case of possession of drug paraphernalia, six reports of criminal mischief, one vehicle burglary, one case of possession of a dangerous drug, one report of graffiti, one sexual assault, two aggravated assaults and two assaults.

• Denton County sheriff’s dispatchers handled 223 service and officer-initiated calls. Forty people were booked into county jail. Deputies took reports of four thefts, one vehicle burglary, one sexual assault and one case of harassment.

• Denton firefighters responded to 11 medical calls, two grassfires and one fire.

Argyle firefighters responded to two traffic accidents and one request for mutual aid.

Double Oak firefighters responded to one request for mutual aid.

Corinth firefighters responded to one medical call.

Sanger firefighters responded to one fire, one grassfire, one medical call and one request for mutual aid.

Pilot Point firefighters responded to one medical call and one request for mutual aid.

Aubrey firefighters responded to five medical calls, one request for mutual aid and one traffic accident.

Ponder firefighters responded to two medical calls and one request for mutual aid.

Krum firefighters responded to one medical call and two requests for mutual aid.

DONNA FIELDER can be reached at 940-566-6885. Her e-mail address is dfielder@dentonrc.com  

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