FAIRWAY, Kan. -- A man helping to repossess a car is accused of roughing up the teen driver. But police say the car wasn’t the right one to begin with.

KCTV5’s Matt Stewart caught up with Michael Knight outside of the Clay County, Mo., courthouse on Thursday and tried to get him to talk about a night in May when he helped a friend repossess a car in Excelsior Springs, Mo.

“You’ll have to talk to my attorney about that,” Knight said.

A 19-year-old man fears for his safety after dealing with Knight. The police report describes how Knight went to Excelsior Springs to help Shawn Walsh repossess a car. Walsh owns Stealth Tow and Auto Recovery in Holt, Mo.

The two were looking for a black Pontiac Bonneville. When they saw the teen park his Pontiac Bonneville on South Street, Knight jumped out of the tow truck "carrying a weapon with a laser light on it, the report said.

"By the time he got up close, I saw the Taser, the yellow striped part on that, so I knew it wasn't a gun,” the teen said.

The teen added that Knight "grabbed him by the throat" and then "grabbed hold of his shirt and pulled him from the vehicle. I kept asking him what did I do wrong and he wouldn't tell me. Then he went to his partner in the truck and said, 'Hey, hook it up to tow it.'”

The car turned out to be the wrong one. The teen’s car was green and not black and the vehicle identification numbers did not match.

The teen’s friend, who witnessed the incident from a nearby house, called police. They arrested Knight for assault and carrying a concealed weapon. Police located a Glock model 21 holstered and on Knight’s right hip. They also discovered a concealed weapons permit that expired on Aug. 4, 2007.

KCTV5 went to Knight’s home but the woman who answered said he wasn’t home.

"It's probably gonna come back and bite him in the ass, forever," she said.

The woman said Knight works as a bail bondsman for Frank Kincaid Bail Bonds. KCTV5 discovered that despite him being charged with a violent crime, Knight can continue to work as a bounty hunter.

"The intent of the law is the presumption of innocence and due process for the licensees," said John Huff, director of the Missouri Department of Insurance, which licenses bail bondsmen.

If convicted of carrying a concealed weapon –- a felony –- Knight could lose his bail bondsman license for 15 years, according to state law. But if he’s convicted of misdemeanor assault, Knight can keep his license, unless the insurance director decides otherwise.

"The law allows the director, me, to have digression when issuing bail bonds licenses," Huff said.

"Is it true you tried to choke him?” KCTV5’s Matt Stewart asked Knight.

“No comment,” he said.

“Did you threaten him with a Taser gun at all?” asked Stewart. “No comment, you'll have to talk to my attorney about that,” Knight said.

“You don't want to comment about the situation at all?” Stewart said.

“No sir.”

“Are you going to lose you bail bonds license potentially because of this?” Stewart said.

“That's up to the courts. Like I said, you'll have to talk to my attorney,” Knight said.

KCTV5 has discovered that out of 98 licensed bail bondsmen in the metro area, five have been denied a license because of criminal conduct. The Missouri legislature is planning to review the process for licensing bail bondsmen next month.

Knight’s case was continued until next month.