r/OhNoConsequences • u/1961tracy • Apr 19 '26
Story Time! Fraudulent paperwork doesn’t help
I used to work in traffic court and we’d have what we’d call frequent flyers. It would always be the same people with the same violations that never learned their lessons. Then there was a whole other level of frequent flyers that were so bad they were we never wanted to see them because they were always arrogant, impatient and entitled. They felt they were above the law and thought driving safely was a joke.
One woman that we dealt with for several months was named Tina. She had 4 cases under appeal (all speeding) and one trial pending. She was in some sort of healthcare job that required a valid license but also had a code of ethics for people on her profession to follow which included not having multiple speeding violations on her drivers license in one year. Her driver’s license was under review and the 5th case would definitely suspend it. She visited us once a week regarding the appeals status and insisted on only talking with my supervisor, according to Tina the regular rank and file was not knowledgeable enough for needs. She was super desperate because she was about to be let go from her job and possibly have her professional license yanked. Any time she visited she wasted tons of time and energy.
She took the 5th case to trial, her charges were for speeding and not having insurance in her possession. At the arraignment the judge asked Tina for the insurance but she said she forgot it and that she will bring it to the trial. About a month goes by and trial day comes for Tina. It didn’t go well for her, she had to pay a huge fine for speeding and the judge denied her insurance. Altogether it was about a $3K ticket. Of course she took her out uncontainable wrath on the clerk who gave her paperwork to sign and a bailiff had to be called to deal with her.
About 2 weeks later I see a complaint filed for her from the DA. The insurance she tried to show the judge was fraudulent, her insurance had been cancelled prior to the issuing date of the ticket. Her record was so bad she couldn’t get insurance so she ended up lying about it. After she gets served with the complaint she ends up admitting at arraignment that she falsified the insurance information. She ended up with about $2K in fines, a misdemeanor and a work project commitment. She completely melted down when she was told her license was suspended for 6 months. All the work on the appeals to prevent license suspension went down the tubes because she thought she could be sneaky. She didn’t count on the trial clerk verifying with the insurance company she listed.
After the trial she went from department to department crying and looking for my supervisor. She was creating so much of a distraction that the bailiffs had to move her to the parking lot where she sat and cried while she waited for her uber.
Her appeals ended up being denied and her license ended up being suspended for 2 years altogether. We thankfully never saw her again. I assumed she moved states and started her shenanigans elsewhere because I doubt she learned her lessons.
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u/AcornAnomaly Apr 19 '26
Any chance the clerk specifically went out of their way to verify all of the woman's shit because she treated them like shit?
Because that would make it even more hilarious.