Teh One Who Knocks
03-14-2019, 11:12 AM
by KOMO Staff
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BELLEVUE, Wash. - A Bellevue driver found out the hard way that you can't just put your own homemade license plates on your car and call it good.
Police say the driver was pulled over early Saturday in the 15000 block of SE 38th Street after an officer observed "sovereign citizen" license plates on the vehicle. Members of the "sovereign citizen" movement do not recognize U.S. currency and believe they are "free of any legal restraints," according to Wikipedia.
The plates on the driver's vehicle said: "PRIVATE ... NO DRIVER LICENSE OR INSURANCE REQUIRED ... NOT FOR COMMERCE USE - PRIVATE MODE OF TRAVEL."
When the officer asked for the driver's identification, registration and insurance, the driver refused to provide it, according to the police report.
The officer then discovered that the vehicle was unregistered, with the title failing to have been transferred. When the officer asked the driver several times to exit the vehicle, he refused.
And that's when the driver learned that, actually, he was not above the law after all. He was arrested and booked for investigation of traffic offenses and obstructing an officer.
The vehicle was impounded.
https://i.imgur.com/4wrflmq.jpg
BELLEVUE, Wash. - A Bellevue driver found out the hard way that you can't just put your own homemade license plates on your car and call it good.
Police say the driver was pulled over early Saturday in the 15000 block of SE 38th Street after an officer observed "sovereign citizen" license plates on the vehicle. Members of the "sovereign citizen" movement do not recognize U.S. currency and believe they are "free of any legal restraints," according to Wikipedia.
The plates on the driver's vehicle said: "PRIVATE ... NO DRIVER LICENSE OR INSURANCE REQUIRED ... NOT FOR COMMERCE USE - PRIVATE MODE OF TRAVEL."
When the officer asked for the driver's identification, registration and insurance, the driver refused to provide it, according to the police report.
The officer then discovered that the vehicle was unregistered, with the title failing to have been transferred. When the officer asked the driver several times to exit the vehicle, he refused.
And that's when the driver learned that, actually, he was not above the law after all. He was arrested and booked for investigation of traffic offenses and obstructing an officer.
The vehicle was impounded.