there is no way I could make all of this up.
I do not have that active an imagination.
It took me more than a year to figure this all out. How it was all so well executed, for the right outcome.
I expect that you have a warrant out for Failure To Appear. These scams don't just end. Wise County, Texas took every case to court and some victims ended up in the County Hotel for a year or more plus fines before everything was overturned.
That is a lot like those small town speed traps that are out there.