Self-proclaimed 'car hoarder' has collection removed

HUNTING PARK (WPVI) -- Tow trucks will be back in Philadelphia's Hunting Park section, hauling away dozens of cars on a problem property.

The owner of the lot, Reuben Waller, is a self-described hoarder.

Waller keeps more than 150 vehicles on the 3700 block of Old York Road.

L&I and Philadelphia police removed more than 100 vehicles from the lot earlier this month.

More than 100 vehicles removed from Hunting Park property. Annie McCormick reports during Action News at 5pm on March 8, 2019.

Waller faced a court order from the city last year to remove the collection and is facing steep fines for refusing to do so.

Waller claims buying up the cars is a hobby and that he is not doing anything illegal.

L&I Commissioner David Perri tells Action News the owner's story is not accurate. Perri says the lot is a nuisance property, and enforcement action against it began in 2016.