TILDEN LAW - Orlando Criminal Attorney » Lawyer in Orlando http://blog.tildenlaw.com “When results matter, Tilden Law delivers” Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:43:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Orlando DUI: Florida Trooper Arrested on Ticket Fraud http://blog.tildenlaw.com/florida-trooper-arrested-on-ticket-fraud/ http://blog.tildenlaw.com/florida-trooper-arrested-on-ticket-fraud/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:18:15 +0000 Orlando Attorney http://blog.tildenlaw.com/?p=247 Trooper Paul C. Lawence has been accused of attempting to artificially increase the number of citations issued to his credit by issuing several hundred bogus tickets.  Lawrence, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper based in South Florida has been arrested on charges of official misconduct, after authorities said he wrote hundreds of fake citations to drivers.  The official esimate is more than 200 traffic tickets have been issued since November have been by Lewis.  South Florida Courts have been dismissing these tickets but believe there may be more.

Authorities grew suspicious when the ticketed motorists began complaining they knew nothing about the citations. Prosecutors said Lawrence had used information from drivers he previously stopped to draft new tickets.  Believing there may be more victims, FHP has created a hotline.  Those who believe they received a false citation from Lawrence can call 305-470-2525.

It has long been speculated that law enforcement agencies have monthy and annual “ticket quotas”.   A spokesman for the FHP said they don’t operate on a quota system.

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