The Geek is an idiot, who gets a lot of parking tickets, and knows how to fight back.
Jeremy John goofed.
Windy Citizen and CBS 2 is reporting, John sold his green Honda Accord to a junkyard and stupidly, forgot to take his plates off.
Someone fixed up the car and is driving around Chicago racking up hundreds of dollars of parking tickets.
Now he's offering a $150 reward via Craigslist, to anyone who can confirm sighting the vehicle the license plate #X32 2297.
Most of the tickets are addresses in the Rogers Park neighborhood, mainly around the Jarvis red line stop and issued at night.
John claims, somehow, the Chicago police won't allow him to report the plates as being stolen. Therefore, without the police report, he can't get the Secretary of State to void his plates.
What?!?!
Call 311 and report the plates stolen dude! The circumstances, as goofy as they are, doesn't change the fact the vehicle and plates are no longer in your possession. The plates are stolen. Period!
My guess, some moron at 311 gave you the brush off because they were too lazy to write the report. Keep on calling. Ask for their manager. Whatever! They can also write the report in such a way where it retroactively covers the tickets that were issued.
After you get your police report, then contact the Secretary of State to get them to void your license plates to further insure you from being responsible for future parking tickets.
If your car or plates were stolen, and you have the proper documentation or other proof, the tickets will be swiftly dismissed if you contest them. This defense is explicitly listed on the DOR's website.
Mr. John, for some inexplicable reason, keeps paying the god damn tickets, which is just plain dumb.
Well, dear readers, maybe we can give John a hand in locating the scumbag who is illegally using his license plates.
Keep an eye out for a green Honda Accord with the license plate, X32 2297 and maybe you can snag the $150 reward. And if you see it, give us a heads up as well.
Check out the lovely Dana Kozlov's video report on CBS 2.
1 Comment
JW said:
I did the same stupid thing when I sold my car five years ago. The douche I sold the car to got three or four tickets in Rogers Park, Evanston, and at Northwestern University. John needs to have a title showing the date of auto ownership transfer sent to the City of Chicago to have the tickets dismissed. If the person getting the tickets doesn't have a title for the vehicle, then the car is stolen, right?
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