New York Woman Arrested for Driving Car with Homemade Cardboard License Plate

Examiner.com ^ | March 5, 2016 | Examiner.com

[DogByte6RER]

New York woman arrested for driving with a handmade license plate.

On Friday, CBS News reported that Amanda Schweickert, 28, of Sardinia is in trouble for using a fake license plate. She is not supposed to be driving because she has a suspended registration and no car insurance. However, it did not stop her from using a little creativity.

She decided to create her own license plate. Authorities say she used a piece of cardboard and painted blue text on it. Although the plate didn’t look too dreadful, it fooled no one. On Wednesday, a police officer pulled Schweickert over in Springville after noticing the odd-looking license plate. Her charges include felony count of possessing a forged instrument, operating a vehicle with a suspended registration, and three traffic violations. Authorities locked her up and set bail set at $400.

The Eerie County Sheriff’s Department posted a photograph of the fake plate on their Facebook page. The department also included a reminder that using a fake license plate is illegal. The department takes their license plate offenses seriously.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Think! Now she gets the opportunity to learn how to make real license plates!

[The Duke]

Reminds me of a time early in my career when I needed to get into a controlled area to get a computer tape with some radar data. To get in one had to have a yellow badge clipped to one's shirt, and my badge was only green.

Then I spied the candy machine in the corner of the room that had bags of peanut M&Ms in yellow bags.

20 minutes later I was back at my desk with magnetic tape in hand (and a pocket full of peanut M&Ms).

[smokingfrog]

Minor detail ;)

[TangoLimaSierra]

I was in the Air Force and did this with a military base sticker back in '71. I couldn't afford insurance on my old VW bus so I painted one on my bumper.
Worked for a good while till I got pulled over for something else and the MPs tried to read the sticker. SAC base. A good time was had by all.
Yeah, I wasn't smart then. I'm brilliant now, though.

[umgud]

Now that’s a good comeback.

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[smokingfrog]

I wonder what the penalty would be for stealing a license plate?

[tumblindice]

Hey, I thot VA was for lovers! (At first I thot it said, IAteMyWife)

[PDGearhead]

I had a 1973 H2 - very fast back in the day but a terror in turns. I had proper registration, but never got around to getting a motorcycle license.

[tophat9000]

I love that!

[tophat9000]

yeah that’s a local news reporter out here in LA on KABC channel 7 from some years back he’s actually ok guy as reporters go.. still on the air

[Old Yeller]

Looks as believable as Hussein’s birth certificate.

[Slyfox]

[matt04]

A quick Google image search reveals plenty of plates she could have downloaded, modified the text a printed. Still would have eventually gotten caught, but it would have looked a lot more realistic than they painted cardboard she used.

[ez]

I had to double check to make sure this was not my ex-wife.

[Moltke]

New York woman arrested for driving with a handmade license plate.

Did the Inmates Union object?

[JimRed]

When I served in the Navy you had to show your ID card and liberty card to leave the ship after working hours. My ID card was not to be found one day, so I took a dollar bill and folded it to fit in a holder in my wallet, flashed it and my liberty card to the OOD and saluted, and was off the ship. I guess I must have looked like George Washington.

[az_gila]

A quick Google image search reveals plenty of plates she could have downloaded, modified the text a printed. Still would have eventually gotten caught, but it would have looked a lot more realistic than they painted cardboard she used.

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Heck, even New York state even give you printable artwork...

http://dmv.ny.gov/custom-plates/i-love-ny-generic

And who knew NY even has a Press custom plate?

[freedumb2003]

>>yeah that’s a local news reporter out here in LA on KABC channel 7 from some years back he’s actually ok guy as reporters go.. still on the air<<

That is Marc Brown: I lived there many years — I agree he is a great anchor. After moving from L.A. I learned just how spoiled I was there. The daily people there a 1000% better than the high-priced spread in the rest of the country, including here in NY/NJ.

I miss a lot of things abut L.A. and the news is just at the tip of the list.

(I wonder if anyone ever noticed that resemblance)

[PghBaldy]