She was arrested for holding a sign that read speed trap!!!
Yep you read it right mommas!!!
A makeshift sign used to warn drivers of a speed trap landed a Houston woman in jail last week.
Natalie Plummer was riding her bicycle home from the grocery store when she noticed several cars beng pulled over for speeding. Hoping to save a few drivers from a potentially pricey ticket, she turned one of her paper bags into a sign that warned of the waiting police ahead.
While she was doing so, an officer pulled up and arrested her.
"I was completely abiding by the law," she told KRTK. "I was simply warning citizens of a situation ahead."
The Houston police, however, were not amused by her tactics and arrested her for, believe it or not, "standing in the street where a sidewalk is present," an offense that not only sounds ridiculous, but that Plummer also denies even doing.
"He couldn't take me to jail for holding up this sign or he would have. So all he could do was make up something fake about it," she said.
The officer also searched her backpack and threatened to arrest her for obstruction of justice, a much more serious charge, Plummer alleges.
She was held in jail for 12 hours until she posted bond and is scheduled to appear in court for her misdemeanor charge in the near furture.
What's next???
A makeshift sign used to warn drivers of a speed trap landed a Houston woman in jail last week.
Natalie Plummer was riding her bicycle home from the grocery store when she noticed several cars beng pulled over for speeding. Hoping to save a few drivers from a potentially pricey ticket, she turned one of her paper bags into a sign that warned of the waiting police ahead.
While she was doing so, an officer pulled up and arrested her.
"I was completely abiding by the law," she told KRTK. "I was simply warning citizens of a situation ahead."
The Houston police, however, were not amused by her tactics and arrested her for, believe it or not, "standing in the street where a sidewalk is present," an offense that not only sounds ridiculous, but that Plummer also denies even doing.
"He couldn't take me to jail for holding up this sign or he would have. So all he could do was make up something fake about it," she said.
The officer also searched her backpack and threatened to arrest her for obstruction of justice, a much more serious charge, Plummer alleges.
She was held in jail for 12 hours until she posted bond and is scheduled to appear in court for her misdemeanor charge in the near furture.
What's next???
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on Jun. 30, 2012 at 9:24 PM
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Here in TN you can get in trouble for giving cop warnings, such as flashing your headlights.
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on Jul. 2, 2012 at 8:27 AM
Yeah, it's ridiculous, she shouldn't have been arrested. A warning would have been good enough.
Sometimes people don't deserve a warning if they're speeding. They are knowingly breaking the law so shouldn't be surprised when they get caught.
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on Jul. 2, 2012 at 8:52 AM
while I think it would easier to just not speed, I also think that by warning people about police will cause them to slow down and drive safer, something I would want in my town. This is just a matter of police not getting their money
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on Jun. 30, 2012 at 8:59 PM