Blake Gober, a 33-year-old political consultant and a Marine veteran, is among a group of Hertz customers who have faced criminal charges following accusations of theft from the rental car company.
"Charging an innocent person and trying to go after an innocent person, that's not justice. That's the opposite of justice," Gober told CBS News.
Gober said that in November 2019 he rented a car from Hertz in Morgantown, West Virginia, to travel to his new job. After completing his journey, he says he returned the vehicle to Hertz at Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport. There was no agent when he arrived late at night, so he left the keys in the car at the drop-off location, he said.
Nearly three years later, Gober's life took a turn when he was pulled over for speeding in Louisville, Kentucky, his current place of residence.
"They pulled me behind the vehicle and placed me in handcuffs and said that I had a warrant out for my arrest out of West Virginia," said Gober.
Gober spent a week in a Louisville jail, waiting for West Virginia officers to pick him up, just six weeks before his scheduled wedding.
"It was hell. It was the worst. Like, I wouldn't wish to wish that on anybody," said Gober.
In January, Gober was indicted for theft of a rental vehicle and grand larceny. The looming possibility of him serving a 12-year sentence cast a shadow over his marriage.
"This entire year has been the hardest year of my life," said Erica, Gober's wife.
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