By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-11 01:27:01 | Updated at 2024-12-22 01:32:59
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An enraged customer was caught on camera purposely plowing his new Subaru into a Utah car dealership on Monday.
Michael Lee Murray, 35, was apparently upset after he bought the Subaru Outback from the Tim Dale Mazda Southtowne dealership in Sandy earlier that day - only to find what he said were mechanical issues with the vehicle, according to Fox 13.
He returned to the dealership hours later demanding his money back and asking to return the vehicle, telling police in the aftermath that the store 'sold him a lemon and they would not give him his money back,' Newsweek reports.
Salesmen then explained that the sales contract for the Subaru Outback was 'as is,' and would therefore not give him a refund.
Upon hearing this, Murray allegedly warned staff members he was going to drive the vehicle through the front door.
He then got back into his new car and did just that - crashing into the front glass doors and leaving them shattered as he plowed into the front desk.
'I was just really angry, I was upset about my money,' Murray has since told Inside Edition.
'I kind of blacked out for a second,' he claimed, as he acknowledged: 'I know I probably shouldn't have done it.'
Michael Lee Murray, 35, was caught on camera purposely plowing his new Subaru into the Tim Dale Mazda Southtowne car dealership in Sandy, Utah on Monday
Murray later claimed he was 'really angry' and 'kind of blacked out for a second'
Harrowing footage of the crash, recorded by someone at the scene that day, showed the Subaru breaking the glass front door and crashing into the wooden front desk, leaving broken pieces and items strew across the floor.
Murray could then be seen opening the front door of the car into the broken front desk and yelling to somebody off-camera, 'I told you motherf***ers,' as he slammed the car door.
Someone then yelled that staff members should call the local police department, to which Murray responded, 'Call the cops, they got nothing.'
He proceeded to take off his jacket, which he laid on top of the car and rolled up his shirt sleeves.
At that point, it seemed that Murray was going to flee the scene, but he immediately returned and asked, 'Is there anybody under the car.'
When someone replied that there was no one pinned by the vehicle, Murray grabbed his jacket and walked out - leaving those at the dealership were left to turn the car off as they had to wade through glass shards.
'Murray's vehicle was completely inside the building,' Sandy police officers would later write in a booking affidavit, obtained by Newsweek.
'The front doors were now inside the building, there was glass shattered all around where Murray's vehicle was and some pieces of the door and door frame had hit another vehicle, causing damage to the side of that vehicle as well.'
The damage from the crash is estimated to cost $10,000, with the damage to the building (pictured) and another car that was on the indoor sales floor exceeding $5,000
The damage is estimated to cost $10,000, with the damage to the building and to another car that was on the indoor sales floor exceeding $5,000.
Fortunately, no injuries were reported in the crash, though employees said they had to quickly jump out of the way to avoid being hit by the oncoming car.
Murray was soon taken into custody and booked at the Salt Lake County Jail.
He was charged with felony criminal mischief, and misdemeanors for reckless endangerment and economic interruption.
Murray was then released from jail on Tuesday.
