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  • Disabled activist to stand trial for illegally ticketing motorists

    02/19/2003 11:39:54 AM PST · by CounterCounterCulture · 43 replies · 575+ views
    Disabled activist to stand trial for illegally ticketing motorists OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A judge has ruled that disabled activist Mathew Lakota will stand trial for allegedly dispensing tickets to motorists who violated disabled-parking laws. After throwing out some of the charges against Lakota Tuesday, Butte County Superior Court Judge Robert Glusman ordered him to stand trial on charges of attempted extortion and receiving stolen property, both felonies. Chico and Oroville authorities testified at a preliminary hearing that Lakota told them he issued his own handmade tickets to unauthorized vehicles he found parked in spaces designated for the disabled....