DC woman shocked to discover brazen car thieves have racked up at least TEN tickets after stealing her vehicle – and the county still wants her to pay!
- A Washington DC woman says the city is refusing to drop all 10 unclaimed parking tickets worth over $1,750 after the vehicle was stolen
- Catherine Brenner is also facing over $7,000 in damage caused by the vandal and the local DMV is refusing to ease her financial stress
- In June, Brenner’s Honda Civic was stolen from its parking lot near her home
- The thief continued to receive speeding tickets from red light cameras, speed cameras and one for a parking violation
- However, three months after the challenge, the DC DMV had only debited one from her account
A Washington DC woman says the city is refusing to drop all 10 unclaimed parking tickets worth over $1,750 after the vehicle was stolen.
Catherine Brenner is also facing over $7,000 in damage caused by the vandal and the local DMV is refusing to ease her financial stress.
In June, Brenner’s Honda Civic was stolen from its parking lot near her apartment building, saying, “I went behind my building and checked and my car wasn’t there.”
The thief continued to receive speeding tickets from red light cameras, speed cameras and one for a parking violation.
As Brenner rightly points out upon reviewing the evidence, “I am not the driver in any of these photos.”
Catherine Brenner is also facing over $7,000 in damage caused by the vandal and the local DMV is refusing to ease her financial stress
Brenner’s HOA president sent her security camera footage showing the burglary as a man hot-wired her car and drove away within three minutes, in what she called “like a knife to the heart.”
Brenner’s HOA president sent her security camera footage showing the break-in when a man hot-wired her car and drove away within three minutes, in what she called “like a knife to the heart.”
She filed a complaint with local police and asked the DMV for ticket sales warnings, the first of which she received nine days later.
Brenner said: “I went to that block myself to see if maybe my car was still there. Unfortunately it wasn’t. But then I found it within 48 hours of that ticket.
When she found it, the Honda Civic contained clothing, burn wounds and a bullet casing with total damage exceeding $7,000.
That’s when the tickets started piling up. She said: “After I got the first ticket, five more tickets came by email later that day.”
Brenner received a total of 10 tickets within 10 days of receiving the first, with fines piling up to $1,750
She filed a complaint with local police and asked the DMV for ticket sales warnings, the first of which she received nine days later
Four more, making 10 in all, came within 10 days of receiving the first one, fined $1,750.
Brenner said, “The detective I worked with specifically said I could dispute any tickets, and they would all be removed from my account, so I wouldn’t have to worry.”
However, three months after the challenge, the DC DMV had only debited one from her account.
WUSA contacted the DC DMV. A spokesman asked for Brenner’s information but did not provide an explanation.
However, within the next 24 hours, they dropped four of the tickets, although five are still pending.
Brenner said: “I feel like this is like chasing myself and hanging around all the time. And I really want it to go away.’
In contrast to many major cities, Washington’s violent crime rate actually declined five percent in 2022, with overall crime down four percent, according to the city’s statistics.