Got one of these in Maryland many years ago. My understanding is these are treated like parking tickets, ie. the registered owner of the vehicle is responsible for the ticket. Even if they can’t identify the driver they ‘fine’ the vehicle owner. Crazy.
Ignore it long enough and they will eventually drag you into court on some other pretense — unpaid fines.
Good luck!
They win.
Pay it.
Long term, I’d suggest a pliable shaped charge with tamping on the connection pole.