Charged With Possession of Stolen Property After Buying a Used Car

[Orgone]

My question involves a consumer law issue in the State of: California

I was gone for two days and had my truck parked on the street when I came back it was gone. I reported my truck stolen and two weeks later chp detective calls me saying they found the truck and to call him back to go pick it up. I get there with title in my name and keys in hand ready to pick it up. They proceed to inform me that they found evidence my vehicle "case vin" has been replaced and my truck is stolen. They also inform me that they recovered the vehicle two days before I reported it stolen and they are saying they found the truck somewhere else not where I said it was. They proceed to ask me about sellers I bought from so I give them information. Next they are telling me I'm being arrested for possession of stolen property, filing false police and insurance report. While being booked I don't end up being charged with possession but with false reports. What the hell just happened?

Before purchasing truck I ran a carfax report and even took it to carmax and received an offer. Also had Dmv person who did title work check bins and everything matched. Title came in clean so what is really going on here? It's a 2014 luxury vehicle so how is it possible for it to be stolen and Dmv still sends title and also how did they know my truck was stolen if registration was clean? What gave them the right to come pick it up. Why wasn't I informed chp had the truck by the time I reported it stolen? Also these new vehicles come with multiple tracking devices why wasn't the vehicle recovered while in possession of person I bought from if it was stolen? Why did chp give these people a chance to defraud someone else by not picking up truck sooner? Lastly is there any chance of me getting it back or am I taking a complete loss here?

[flyingron]

Where did you buy this truck?

Chances are with a decent abount of indication that you did due diligence to determine it wasn't stolen, you can beat the receiving stolen goods charge. You are advised to contact an attorney if the state pursues this.

You're not getting the car back nor any money if it was indeed stolen. It belongs to the person who owned it when it was stolen (or in many cases his insurance company that paid out the loss). If you have a recourse, it is against the person who sold it to you (again you'd be advised to contact an attorney).