My wifes son (different last name) did a dumb thing and decided to drive his vehicle before his 18th birthday with no license. July 4th would have been his birthday, so he was unable to apply for or get his license. Never the less, as luck would have it he got pulled over that night.
The cop impounded the vehicle, confiscated his title and handed him a ticket with no court date on it claiming that it would be a juvenile case, but they would contact him Monday (July 6th) with a court date. No one ever contacted him so we called the Police dept. which began our royal run around.
The police dept. claim that they sent the ticket to the Juvenile courts, who in turn state that they have no such ticket.
I contacted the state representative for the county and he was given the same run around as us as to where the vehicle even was. Finally he was able to determine the private impound lot location to see if the vehicle could be released to the parents (as impound is $25/day and counting!). The impound lot says there is an indefinite hold on the vehicle until the police release it.
The local prosecuting attorney said to contact the mayor of the town to see if he would convince the police to release the vehicle to the parents pending a court date which depends on finding the ticket. The mayor is not returning calls as this is not his full time job. (Perhaps he works the impound lot full-time!)
So here's the run down of offices/people contacted that can't help or offer only directions of help.
* Police dept. = done all they care to do.
* Juvi courts = no ticket for court date.
* Prosecuting attorney = no further assistance as I'm making a federal case of this issue...
* Impound lot = indefinite hold on vehicle ($25 / day charge)
* Mayor = nowhere to be found.
* Governor Stickland = passed the buck to contact city counsel or contact the attorney general
* Attorney general = gave contact of US attorney general who refused to help private citizens.
* Ohio ethics board = didn't care that mayor could not be contacted or the police force impounded.
Anyone got suggestions as to how to clear this up without costing an arm and a leg???
The cop impounded the vehicle, confiscated his title and handed him a ticket with no court date on it claiming that it would be a juvenile case, but they would contact him Monday (July 6th) with a court date. No one ever contacted him so we called the Police dept. which began our royal run around.
The police dept. claim that they sent the ticket to the Juvenile courts, who in turn state that they have no such ticket.
I contacted the state representative for the county and he was given the same run around as us as to where the vehicle even was. Finally he was able to determine the private impound lot location to see if the vehicle could be released to the parents (as impound is $25/day and counting!). The impound lot says there is an indefinite hold on the vehicle until the police release it.
The local prosecuting attorney said to contact the mayor of the town to see if he would convince the police to release the vehicle to the parents pending a court date which depends on finding the ticket. The mayor is not returning calls as this is not his full time job. (Perhaps he works the impound lot full-time!)
So here's the run down of offices/people contacted that can't help or offer only directions of help.
* Police dept. = done all they care to do.
* Juvi courts = no ticket for court date.
* Prosecuting attorney = no further assistance as I'm making a federal case of this issue...
* Impound lot = indefinite hold on vehicle ($25 / day charge)
* Mayor = nowhere to be found.
* Governor Stickland = passed the buck to contact city counsel or contact the attorney general
* Attorney general = gave contact of US attorney general who refused to help private citizens.
* Ohio ethics board = didn't care that mayor could not be contacted or the police force impounded.
Anyone got suggestions as to how to clear this up without costing an arm and a leg???
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