FARMINGTON, N.Y. — A Farmington family with a specialized Monroe County “M” license plate is not only getting E-ZPass charges from New York City, but also state police speeding tickets.
“Oh, we have a story for you,” said Marcy Osburn, who received a speeding ticket from a NYSP car with a duplicate license plate.
Marcy and John Osburn showed News10NBC Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean the state police speeding tickets they’ve gotten, including one this year.
“And you can see easily that it’s a state police car,” Marcy Osburn said pointing to one of the tickets.
The tickets are for speeding in a school zone around New York City, with a $50 fine for each one. The license plate on the trooper car is 3M90, which is the same plate the Osburns have had for decades.
“So these are some of our older plates,” Marcy Osburn explained showing the original plates. Her grandfather got the plate when he worked for Monroe County and now it’s on one of their vintage cars.
Berkeley Brean, News10NBC: “So what happens to you was a state police car was speeding through a school zone and you get the ticket.”
Marcy Osburn: “And we’ve gone to the DMV about it and they say they can’t access that account because it’s a closed account because it’s a state trooper account.”
This week, News10NBC has reported on people with the same Monroe County “M” license plates getting E-ZPass charges when state police cars with the same plate go through E-ZPass in New York City. Brean shared their stories with Senator Jeremy Cooney, the chair of transportation in the state senate.
“Right now we know there’s only a handful of state police vehicles that are having this conflict with the license plates. So it seems permissible in my mind that we can get this figured out this week,” Sen. Cooney said.
“And how the state trooper can have the same plate number as a regular citizen I’m not sure. That seems to be an issue,” Marcy Osburn added.
News10NBC will share the information of the Osburns with Senator Cooney’s office to increase its list of people who are affected by these duplicate license plates with the state police.
The Osburns say the E-ZPass charges against them have been dropped, but they’re still trying to resolve the school zone speeding tickets.
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