The couple remains active on social media, with over a million TikTok followers and nearly 171,000 Facebook likes.
If you were an avid cable TV watcher in the early 2010s, chances are Lizard lick drag was part of your weekly rotation. The truTV The series originally ran for four seasons and 91 episodes, from 2011 to 2014, following the vehicle seizure by Lizard Lick Towing & Recovery near Wendell, North Carolina.
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The show revolved around husband and wife team Ronnie and Amy Shirley, who founded the company in 1998 with a single truck, before growing it into a 15-person company with a fleet of 20 trucks over the next decade. On camera, Ronnie and his team tracked down and seized vehicles from reluctant owners, while Amy dealt with the fallout at HQ.
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The cast, then and now
More than a decade after the cameras stopped rolling, Ronnie and Amy are still together and still running the business.
The couple remains active on social media, with more than a million TikTok followers and nearly 171,000 Facebook likes, according to a 2023 report.
According to MEOWAmy is a published author and has written a cookbook, Gluten-free in Lizard Lick. Ronnie is also an ordained minister who has worked with troubled youth in his local community.
In addition to the Shirleys, the show featured a memorable supporting cast.
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Bobby Brantley, Ronnie’s best friend, originally came on board after Ronnie had his truck impounded. He became the show’s unpredictable co-lead. After leaving the show, the TV personality made an appearance in 2015 The lonely curse.
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Elaine McGilveary, better known as Big Juicy, ran the front office and was a fan favorite. She is committed to raising her three children.
Krazy Dave Eckler, who completed the core squad, remains in the spotlight. He pursues his passion for music and has worked on the musical project called the ‘Rocky Cross Project’.
Ronnie Shirley’s son killed in 2022 shooting
On February 17, 2022, Ronnie’s son, Harley Alexander “Alex” Shirley, 21, was fatally shot on Josephine Road in Johnston County, North Carolina, after attending a memorial balloon release for a friend who had died in a car accident. The Associated Press.
A friend sitting next to him, Sophie Hagy, was also shot and left permanently paralyzed from the waist down. WRAL News reported.
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Nathan Christopher Jackson, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted murder and discharging a firearm into a vehicle causing serious injury. He was sentenced to life in prison, with possible parole after forty years, the maximum allowed under North Carolina law for a juvenile offender. A second shooter, Joshua Christopher Stewart, was convicted in July 2025.
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Ronnie told reporters outside the courthouse after the sentencing: “If I leave this courthouse and this trial with something different, I want people to know that you have to learn to forgive no matter what happens, and you have to learn to love no matter how hard it is.”
A fifth suspect in the case, Ferrell Nicolas Jackson, was identified by the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office and, according to WRAL Newsrecently arrested in June 2025.
Despite the tragedy, the Shirleys continue to run their business and maintain an active following long afterward truTV era ended.
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