A Lakewood driver struck by a hit and run vehicle found himself in a much bigger mess which landed him in prison, the victim reported to TLS.
While driving in New York, the driver was side-swiped by another driver who then fled the scene.
After flagging down a police officer to report the incident, the driver was in for a big surprise when the officer ran his license.
The officer told the Lakewood resident that his records showed that he had a NY license approximately a dozen years ago, and had an unpaid ticket attached to it – unbeknownst to the driver.
The man was subsequently handcuffed and placed into the patrol car, as Bachurim from a nearby Yeshivah looked on.
The Yungerman was then put into a cell, together with a drunkard, where he remained for several hours before being released, pending a court date.
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where can we check our lincenses?
It is possible he got a ticket in the past, and payed someone to “fix it” for him and got messed over. There was a time in NY that it was possible to get rid of tickets through “ticket fixing” (google it), meaning for the right price someone involved in the police system would remove it from the system. It was stopped after FBI investigation … but there where were people that still claimed they can get rid of your ticket for a high price, and people went for it because it worked for them in the past and maybe didn”t know about the FBI bust through hidden cameras in NYPD stations. THEY WHERE SCAMMED, These people pocketed the money and ignored the ticket, they also changed the address of the victim so they wouldn”t get notices from the DMV. ignoring a ticket in NY means licence suspension and driving with suspended licence get you arrested. Anyone that payed to get their ticket fixed should check there driving records. you can check it by going to the NY DMV site and open an account, it will tell you if you have any points and if your driving privilege is active or suspended.
My point exactly. Police go after this guy. Not the illegal or whomever hit his car and drove off. Thats ok. But this guy has an unpaid ticket from a hundred years ago. HES a criminal!! Seriosuly.
I guess now he’ll pay his tickets.
The officer probably ran his license for the accident report. Unfortunately for this person he had an outstanding warrant, signed by a judge, which forces the officer to make an arrest. Really no way around it. Its a shame because this guy was apparently a victim in an accident but that doesnt bar him, no matter how old it is, to go around not paying his fines.
That is justice in America at it’s best (not)!
Rumor was out that tickets get erased after 7 years. Was that ever true?
In NY points (moving violations) are removes from ones driving extract (records that you can order from the DMV that is necessary for some jobs and insurance) after 4 years of conviction date (but can still be pulled up other ways) but that doesn’t mean that an unpaid ticket is forgiven. In a case of ticket fighting scams the unpaid ticket is always there, a ticket that is ignored for 18 months goes into default guilty conviction, and know its an unpaid ticket. Before 18 months it wouldn’t show up on driving records since there was no conviction. Anyone that payed a “lawyer” to get rid of a ticket would have to recheck their records after 18 months+, just because you didn’t get any notice in the mail doesnt mean it was cleared. Lawyers also like to push of the hearing date as much as possible, so a ticket may get back to you a few years later.
Stuff like this can happen. I lived in a certain town for a few years and got a license in that State. 15 years later I received a notice that I had been summoned to Jury Duty. I long ago left the state, and by the time the letter reached me, I was already technically in contempt of court for not showing up.
I know that if I ever get stopped in that state, I can be arrested. I don’t know if there is anyone in particular I would blame if that happened. I don’t have the time to fly down their and hire lawyers to straighten it out.
Things happen, you really can’t blame the police for this one. The ticket is on the record, he did what the law required him to do.
I really don’t understand the issue here. He had an unpaid ticket so he got arrested. The lesson is simple – pay your tickets.
The lack of compassion in some of the comments above is shocking!
This poor guy probably didn’t even know about that ticket, some other terrible person ruined his car and all ppl can say is “well now he’ll pay his tickets!!”
I hope none of you find yourself in such unfortunate situation! And he gets himself out of this one quickly!
I get that he probably forgot that he had a previous ticket, he will have his day in court to explain.
Just don’t blame the cop for doing his job, his record showed up with an outstanding warrant. The officer is obligated to do his job and take him in to custody and let the (potentially flawed) system figure it out.