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Driver activated remote-controlled license plate cover in bid to scam Turnpike toll, cops say
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^ | November 20, 2018 | Wayne K. Roustan

Posted on 02/08/2019 8:27:06 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

He used a remote control to troll the toll, cops allege.

A 70-year-old Key Largo man deployed a remote-controlled license plate cover in an attempt to evade the tolls on Florida’s Turnpike in Miami-Dade County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Unluckily for him, however, he did so in full view of an off-duty FHP trooper.

It was just before 3 p.m. on Saturday when Davis was driving south in his Chrysler Pacifica minivan on the Turnpike approaching the Bird Road toll plaza, the arrest report stated.

That’s when Lt. Alejandro Camacho, who was off duty and driving his own car, said he noticed a black curtain-like sheath of material scroll down to cover the minivan’s license plate.

Then, once the van was well past the toll plaza’s cameras, the curtain scrolled back up to uncover the license plate.

(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: dolphinexpressway; florida; floridasturnpike; licenseplatecover; miami; police; robertcraigdavis; scofflaw; sunpass; theft; tolldodging; tolls
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An oldie but a goodie!
1 posted on 02/08/2019 8:27:06 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Lol.


2 posted on 02/08/2019 8:28:46 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

3 posted on 02/08/2019 8:31:14 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

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4 posted on 02/08/2019 8:37:37 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I like the Newsweek version better because of the perp photo and excellent investigative journalism:

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-man-hid-license-plate-remote-controlled-shield-avoid-tolls-police-say-1228588

From the Newsweek article: “Police believe Davis was using the device to evade paying toll fees.”

Wonder how they deduced that.


5 posted on 02/08/2019 8:37:39 PM PST by unlearner (War is coming.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I like the Newsweek version better because of the perp photo and excellent investigative journalism:

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-man-hid-license-plate-remote-controlled-shield-avoid-tolls-police-say-1228588

From the Newsweek article: “Police believe Davis was using the device to evade paying toll fees.”

Wonder how they deduced that.


6 posted on 02/08/2019 8:37:40 PM PST by unlearner (War is coming.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Nice...


7 posted on 02/08/2019 8:39:46 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
That's the type you need. Flips fast and still displays a plate. Still, it's probably not worth it for something as petty as avoiding a toll.

Might be best to leave that trick to James Bond.


8 posted on 02/08/2019 8:41:05 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

If you’re against government owned roads in your youth then you have no heart. If you’re for government roads as an adult then you have no brain.

(All self driving cars will be government driven cars.)


9 posted on 02/08/2019 8:42:39 PM PST by coaster123 (Bring back the curtsy.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

In a Dick Tracy cartoon more than fifty ears ago, one bad guy had a license plate hooked up to change the numbers from inside the car.


10 posted on 02/08/2019 8:42:46 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: unlearner
Great Scott! Where have I seen that guy before?


11 posted on 02/08/2019 8:46:56 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Sheesh, just slap some mud over 1 or 2 digits.


12 posted on 02/08/2019 8:49:10 PM PST by Southack (The one thing preppers need from the 1st World? http://tinyurl.com/ktfwljc .)
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To: TigersEye

You know that’s one of those things that never made much sense with the bond cars. The cars are so fancy and unique that one couldn’t forget them. So why the changing of the plates? Unless of course everyone in Europe has a fancy Jag.


13 posted on 02/08/2019 8:50:38 PM PST by redshawk (0pansy is a Liar and Hates.........he just hates!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Kind of like this!

https://babylonbee.com/news/retractable-christian-fish-decal-now-available


14 posted on 02/08/2019 8:50:41 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

That intrepid officer will may become President one day!


15 posted on 02/08/2019 8:53:41 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: redshawk

Good point!

Kind of like putting a T-shirt on a chimp hoping no one will notice it’s a chimp.


16 posted on 02/08/2019 8:59:57 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: BradyLS

Make America Tolled Again! will be his slogan.


17 posted on 02/08/2019 9:00:43 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Modern feminism: ALL MEN BAD!!!)
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To: TigersEye

“...Kind of like putting a T-shirt on a chimp hoping no one will notice it’s a chimp....”

Man somewhere in that is a three stooges skit. Nuk nuk nuk...


18 posted on 02/08/2019 9:04:57 PM PST by redshawk (0pansy is a Liar and Hates.........he just hates!)
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To: redshawk

LOL :)


19 posted on 02/08/2019 9:07:45 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: TigersEye

Bond: “An ejector seat!? You’re joking!” Q: “I never joke about my work 007!”


20 posted on 02/08/2019 9:11:20 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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