Paragould, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – A Paragould woman is behind bars and faces 147 charges after police said she orchestrated a widespread fraud scheme involving nearly 90 incidents of falsified business records and the illegal sale of vehicles.

Heather Patterson, 45, was arrested and booked into the Greene County Detention Center on June 23, the jail roster shows.

According to the probable cause affidavit, on May 20, Paragould police officers responded to a home in the 1800 block of East Lake Street to take a report. The victim told them that on April 2, Patterson, owner of Prestige Towing, arrived at her home and repossessed her vehicle.

The victim informed officers that she believed the repossession was legitimate and therefore gave Patterson her keys. While she believed the vehicle was in Prestige Towing’s yard, the victim claimed it had been posted on Facebook in someone else’s possession.

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Officers called the victim’s lien company, which told them that no possession order had been issued for the victim’s vehicle, and text messages between her and Patterson discussing the repossession were also provided.

Detectives contacted the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) police, who provided the paperwork that Patterson had received regarding the victim’s vehicle. The paperwork included a tow slip from Prestige Towing, signed by Patterson, that said the vehicle was abandoned and was a water recovery. The vehicle identification number (VIN) was also incorrect, allowing it to be registered to another person under a false VIN.

A search warrant was obtained for Patterson’s home, where a large amount of Prestige Towing’s paperwork was seized, and Patterson was taken to the police department.

During a Mirandized interview, Patterson told detectives that she was dropped off by another person to repossess the vehicle and that she had a repossession order. However, she informed them that she was also told by the victim’s lien company that none was issued. It was later discovered that the order had come from a company that filed for bankruptcy in October 2025.

Patterson said that after speaking with the victim’s lien company, she filed the paperwork with the state and sold it within two weeks of taking possession. When asked about the incorrect VIN on the filed paperwork, Patterson claimed it must have been a mistake. The affidavit noted that while the VIN was incorrect on all the paperwork, it wasn’t when it was listed in a newspaper.

While going through the seized paperwork, DFA and local police noted 89 incidents from 2025 in which Patterson filled out tow slips claiming the vehicles were towed at the request of Greene County Dispatch, and forged documents related to 27 vehicle titles and registrations. However, it was confirmed that Prestige Towing had been removed from the tow rotation for all of Greene County on Jan. 30, 2023, and central dispatch had no records of these requests dating back to the cancellation of service.

The affidavit also detailed an incident on May 6 where deputies recovered a motorcycle reported stolen in 2024. A previous buyer revealed that he called Prestige Towing on April 28, and the company charged him $100 for a temporary license plate, provided him with a signed bill of sale, and falsely told him the plate would allow him to obtain a title.

Patterson is being held on a $100,000 cash/surety bond and faces multiple offenses:

• 30 counts of second-degree forgery (Class C felony)
• 27 counts of false evidence of title or registration (Class U felony)
• One count of theft of property (Class B felony)
• 89 counts of falsifying a business record (Class A misdemeanor)

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