Highway Patrol Error Results In Hellish Roadside Experience For Classic Car Owner

[villager]

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Trouble started for the Bruins when they were pulled over by a trooper after he initiated a “routine records check” on the car. When the check did not return a match, the trooper pulled the couple over, Las Vegas’ KLAS reported.

When the trooper ran the registration number which the couple gave him, he didn’t include a “plus” sign. The vehicle showed up as an expired registration for a 2011 Harley Davidson, as a dismissal of charges document explains.

That mistake was compounded when the trooper relayed the Impala’s VIN to a dispatcher who then mis-keyed one of the digits.

When the entry bounced back as a stolen vehicle from California, troopers then proceeded to badger Robin, forcing him to take off his shirt and kneel on the ground before ultimately arresting him.

Dash camera footage recorded the entire dramatic scene.

“Driver! Remove your keys from the ignition and put them on the roof now!” a trooper commands.

Robin complied complied and says he made a joke to his wife but then turned around to find himself staring at drawn guns.

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http://news.yahoo.com/highway-patrol-error-results-hellish-roadside-experience-classic-223419826.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. Wonder how many variations of this situation have happened. Good grief. Thanks. n/t

[KG]

2. let's face it, much of 'law enforcement' has devolved to hassling the citizenry

[LunaSea]

3. Brazil, where hearts were entertaining june

We stood beneath an amber moon
And softly murmured "someday soon"

[villager]

5. "Brazil" is no longer "dystopia," but "documentary."

Or rather, "both."

[LunaSea]

10. I'm adding "Dystopomentary"

to my lexicon!
Thanks villager.

[villager]

13. I think the credit goes to you!

Good word, though!

[FLPanhandle]

4. I see someone winning a lawsuit

The trooper and whomever entered the info need to be suspended without pay.

[Taitertots]

6. This is SOP. Don't get mad, vote out the people who support it

[Logical]

7. How about you double check the numbers before you arrest someone? nt

[Orsino]

8. Yeah. We're supposed to believe a randomly miskeyed VIN...

...came back as a stolen vehicle of the same make/model/year/color?

I don't.

[Logical]

9. Great point. Easy to prove, release the wrong and right numbers. nt

[dsc]

11. depending on how vin numbers are assigned that could be rather likely

Do some numbers translate to being a particular make and the next few a particular model with the rest being randomly generated? That would be how SS numbers work which is why the last 4 digits are so important. I have no clue if this is how that works but if so then it could easily happen.

[uncle ray]

12. i only see a claim that it came back as "a" stolen car.

i see no claim that it was the exact same description, though it very well could be. the first number in that vin denotes the year, so it would have come up as a 63 impala when they ran the numbers, a vehicle very likely to have been stolen in CA. that said, they should have confirmed the numbers before the arrest.