A used car manager is facing felony charges after the NBC10 Investigators looked into complaints that he tampered with the odometer on one of his Jeeps.

A Prospect Park used car manager is facing felony charges after the NBC10 Investigators looked into complaints by an NBC10 viewer who bought a Jeep at his lot.

Dave Gill is accused of rolling back the odometer on the Jeep.

“The charges will be dropped then I’m coming after you,” Gill told NBC10’s Harry Hairston as he was going into court for his preliminary hearing.

Gill insists he’s done nothing wrong. He’s the manager of DeFilippo Brothers. Pennsylvania State Police have charged him with Prohibited Activities Relating to Odometers, one of two felony charges leveled against him. This all comes months after the NBC10 Investigators brought you the story of Rodney Gilmore.

Gilmore bought a 1998 jeep from DeFelippo Brothers in December of 2010. He says he started to have problems with the car immediately.

“It started to over heat, it wouldn’t start, it had issues with the cooling, brakes — there were a lot of issues,” Gilmore said.

Gilmore says that prompted him to get a Car Fax. According to state police documents, the report showed the Jeep had 84,000 miles on it when the used car company bought it, which is a lot more than the 67-thousand plus miles on the odometer when Gilmore bought the Jeep.

“Somebody, at some point along the line, tampered with the odometer, decreasing the mileage, the shown mileage, which would then be able to provide them an avenue to sell the vehicle at a higher price,” said state police officer Lou Vitali.

Gill’s attorney, Mike Malloy, says his client did nothing wrong. He blames the odometer. Malloy says if the car loses battery power, once it’s restored, the odometer reverts back to lower mileage.

“When it resets it’s going to go back to a different number,” Malloy told us.

Officer Lou Vitali says, “The paperwork really tells the tale.”

Gill is facing trial now. We’ll let you know what happens when he has his day in court.

Posted by Gary Mitchell