In early February 2026, the Park Falls Police Department was notified by a shop owner that a man had accidently taken the wrong vehicle and had made some changes to it.
An officer began investigating and learned that two vehicles, which had the same color paint, were close to the same year, and were the same make and model, were at a shop in Park Falls. When one of the vehicles were done, someone other than the person who had dropped it off, picked it up. They got the keys and took the vehicle to the owner's house. At that time, a wheel bearing was installed. Shortly after, when the two men could not find certain items in the car, they realized they had the wrong car. They notified the shop and brought it back. The man who picked up the car said he was given the key for it and did not know it was someone else's until the wheel bearing was already put in, and the man he picked it up for said it was not his vehicle.
The shop owner said he could not remove the part. However, he offered to pay the cost of the part to the man who installed the part, and he offered to make sure it was installed correctly in the car where it got installed.
Both men got their correct vehicles returned to them.