Shelby car dealership employees cited for allegedly failing to disclose damages

Diane Turbyfill, Shelby Star
Updated ·2 min read
A brand new Nissan car is one of 25 vehicles Pinter can choose from for either a two or three year lease.
A brand new Nissan car is one of 25 vehicles Pinter can choose from for either a two or three year lease.

The general manager and 11 employees of a local car dealership have been cited by the North Carolina Division of Vehicles License and Theft Bureau for failing to disclose damages among other charges.

Following a months-long investigation of North Carolina-licensed franchise dealer Nissan of Shelby, 631 S. Post Road, the following charges were filed:

  • Sam Kazran, general manager according to the company’s website on Tuesday: 110 counts of failure to inspect vehicle prior to being offered for sale

  • Whitney Horton: six counts of fail to deliver title, 13 counts of disclose damage

  • Crystal Brooks: one count of fail to deliver title, five counts of fail to disclose damage

  • Casey Ramsey: 38 counts of fail to deliver title, 38 counts of improper use of temporary markers, four counts of fail to disclose damage, one count making false statement about date of sale

  • Mitchell Hilton: 21 counts of fail to deliver title, four counts of fail to disclose damage, 20 counts of improper use of temporary markers

  • Katie Horn: five counts of rail to deliver title, one count of fail to disclose damage, five counts of improper use of temporary markers

  • Kristina Hyman: 25 counts of fail to deliver title, one count of fail to disclose damage, 24 counts of improper use of markers

  • Angie Davis: one count of fail to deliver title, four counts of fail to disclose damage

  • Amy Howell: one count of fail to deliver title, one count of fail to disclose damage

  • Chris Dean, 24 counts of fail to deliver title, three counts of fail to disclose damage, 22 counts of improper use of temporary markers

  • Sterling McMillian, seven counts off fail to deliver title, eight counts of improper use of temporary markers

  • Randy Massey, eight counts of fail to deliver title, eight counts of improper use of temporary markers

All of those charged were employees of the dealership, according to a NCDOT press release.

The initial investigation centered around the process used by individuals or dealers to rebuild salvage vehicles and the documents used to transfer titles of those vehicles, a press release from the DOT states.

The Star has not received a response from the dealership.

This article originally appeared on The Gaston Gazette: A dozen Shelby car dealership employees cited by the state