---
title: "Drive Wire for October 18, 2016: Man Allegedly Cons Women Into Buying Him Expensive Sports Cars"
description: "The 28-year-old was arrested after allegedly fleeing in his white Lamborghini Gallardo."
date: "2016-10-18"
modified: "2016-10-18"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/5600/drive-wire-for-october-18-2016-man-allegedly-cons-women-into-buying-him-expensive-sports-cars"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Crime"
---

# Drive Wire for October 18, 2016: Man Allegedly Cons Women Into Buying Him Expensive Sports Cars

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Hey there. Will Sabel Courtney here for Drive Wire on October 18th, 2016.

Today on Drive Wire: [A Missouri man is being accused of running a con in which he convinced women he met through online dating to buy him expensive cars](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/5583/man-allegedly-cons-women-into-buying-him-lamborghini-corvette-shelby-mustang>) while masquerading as a federal law enforcement officer.

Timothy Rossell, 28, was captured on October 13th in Illinois after fleeing his fiancée in Union, Missouri, in a white 2014 Lamborghini Gallardo.

According to police, Rossell, who reportedly told his 27-year-old fiancée he was a U.S. marshal named Austyn Gardner, convinced her to buy him a Cadillac Escalade, a Ford Mustang, and a Can-Am Spyder.

The white Lamborghini, in turn, was reportedly purchased for Rossell by another 27-year-old woman in Florida, who also purportedly bought him a 2016 Corvette Z06.

She also told police she had loaned him $27,000.

Police say Rossell fled after his fiancée discovered credit cards opened in her name that she was unaware of, as well as federal I.D that listed him with a different name.

He was reportedly caught in trying to buy a bus ticket in Effingham, Illinois; his Lamborghini had developed a flat tire.

That’s it for Drive Wire on October 17th, 2016. I’m Will Sabel Courtney; thanks for watching, and please check out *The Drive* for more on the big stories from the transportation world.

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