If you've read my previous posts about tickets, you know by now that the judge in Scottsdale Municipal Court dismissed the unsafe lane change ticket and reduced my fine to speeding only. Although I was disappointed, I managed to move on and forget about the ticket.

Until October 17, when the postal worker showed up at my front door with a certified letter from Sergeant George. Guess what? He sent me a letter saying he was REFILING my speeding ticket!

Hello, double jeopardy anyone?

Since the officer had already sent me the ticket, I called him and left him a message, and left a message for his supervisor as well. I was so angry about the situation and wasn't sure how to proceed. I called an attorney, who suggested I go to Scottsdale walk-in court. (On a side note, walk-in court is a great idea! A judge is there for walk-ins, which makes it easy to get things accomplished!)

I went to the Scottsdale Municipal Court again to see a judge. Because the ticket was not yet in the system, the court clerk couldn't get me in front of a judge. The court services supervisor was really nice and told me that the police officer could not re-file the traffic ticket and to check back with her a week later so she could get it removed from the system.

Later on that day, I spoke with Sergeant George's supervisor, Sergeant Durrin. He was very professional and was pretty cool about the situation. He told me that Sergeant George probably thought that the traffic ticket was dismissed due to a clerical error and when that happens, the tickets are re-filed. Unbelievable that this happens, but.....

His supervisor told me that he made a mistake and that the ticket would be removed from the system. I told him it wasn't a mistake because the officer was standing in the same courtroom as I was when the judge told him he had not met the burden of proof. 

I contacted ABC 15 through my friend Charlotte Risch (www.themediapush.com). Christina Boomer contacted me about doing a story on the ticket being refiled. It made the news on Thursday. You can watch the video here:

http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=16929@knxv.dayport.com&navCatId=3 

I think this might be finally over!

Christine