Channel 2 Investigates and the Houston Chronicle reported that Boykins did special favors for a major donor who owned a towing company that, according to the Houston Chronicle, “illegally tricked drivers into paying extravagant and unnecessary fees after their cars were towed under the city's Safe Clear program. Investigators said that the towing company … even installed a cell phone jammer in its office, apparently to block stranded and distressed motorists from calling for help.”

The Houston Chronicle also reported that owner of the company had a criminal record with six charges including “felony indictments for insurance fraud and theft, and misdemeanor charges of illegal dumping and assault of a family member.” According to KPRC-TV, the owner had also been fined $183,000 since 2014 by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for alleged violations of towing and storage laws.”
 

Boykins, accepted $3,500 in campaign contributions from the owner between 2013 and 2016.

Channel 2 Investigates reported that the company owner “got access other constituents did not.” Boykins spoke up for the company and the owner at City Council, and held “a closed-door meeting in his council office with an HPD chief, lieutenant, sergeant and [the business owner] so the business owner could complain about another HPD investigator.”