Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

I recently took my 1987 Chevrolet S10 pickup truck for body work. It ended up getting gutted and recieved a new paintjob. I fell behind on a payment of $1000 dollars, and he gave me a month to pay up before he'd take me to court. On the last day of that month time frame, I called and said I had the money and asked when he'd be around that day. He said he had my vehicle towed to Don's towing on Cameron Street in Harrisburg, PA. (The shadiest towing company in town; many bad things have happened there.) Disgruntled, I went to Don's about getting my truck back. He said he had no record of it ever being towed, or having been dropped off. I called the auto body shop again, and all he continued to say was "I had it towed to Don's." He since then had stopped answering my phone calls. All I wanted to do was pay what I owed and take my vehicle.

I called the Harrisburg Police, who had apparently went and talked to the body shop owner. The cop said he couldn't do anything for me and to get a lawyer, even though this is a matter of my truck being stolen.

I'm not sure who stole my truck, whether it had been Don's Towing or DC Auto Body. I have receipts for the body work that was being done, as well as a title. My main problem is that because the truck had been gutted (the newly upholstered seats and customized dashboard are sitting in my bedroom), the VIN number had been temporarily removed from the actual car because it is located on the dashboard itself.

What could a lawyer do for me and who is responsible for my truck? If I cannot get my truck back, I would at least to get compensated for its worth.

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