Towing Issues: Car Towed From Friends Driveway, tow driver, property owner

Question
My husband's car, driven by my son, was ordered by the Sheriff to be towed from one of my son's friend's driveway despite the property owner stating that the vehicle could stay until I (the wife/mother)could remove it. I was present and requesting the keys so that I could remove the vehicle. My son was being arrested for trespassing on his friend's property.  The property owner (the friend's father) insisted, in front of the officers and the tow driver, that he did not call them to remove the vehicle or my son from his property. He insisted that a neighbor called. The Sheriff told the property owner to go inside his house and not to speak another word or he'd be arrested. If I was there to pick up the vehicle or at least claim the keys and the property owner, whose property the car was parked on, gave permission for the vehicle to remain, was it correct for the Sheriff to authorize removal of the vehicle?

Answer
maybe it would be illegal to have it towed if this happened at either the North or South Pole, but without specific information on Counties and States I can not provide information which is legal or not.

BUT that does not remove the Sheriff's legal requirements from towing vehicles of people who are arrested, due to the liability to the department. In recent cases, there have been Police Departments sued and they lost for leaving vehicles at locations of drunk driving arrests and the person bailing out of jail and going back and driving again. It happened in Washington State and the lawsuit was like 50 million dollars against the State.

This issue sounds like one where their was a lot of hot heads and arguments from what you describe and either way it would not of turned out good.