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On Sept. 3, 2007, I was stopped in the state of Illinois at which time I was informed I had supposedly struck another vehicle (in Missouri) and then left the scene. I never received a citation for this incident. Approximately six weeks later I was sent a letter from Missouri informing me that I was to appear in court.

I was ready to appear for court but was informed it had been continued. Three more times I was ready to appear, only to have the case continued again. The Friday before I was to appear for the hearing the last time I was called by my attorney only to inform me it was postponed again. This type of ordeal of telling me to appear and then postponing went on for 19 months. Eventually I made a total of five court appearances only to be told the case was postponed each time because the victim had not been notified to appear, or the officer was on vacation, or the prosecutor was out sick, or the judge was unavailable due to another trial.

Since I live in another state this trip was a 600-mile roundtrip each time, plus motel accommodations. Each time arrangements had to be made with my company to be home to make my court appearance. This means lost wages since I do drive a commercial vehicle. I have not received a traffic violation of any kind in 25 years. So this will tell you I am not an irresponsible person. I actually wanted to go to court so I could tell the court I did not believe I "bumped" this individual.

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It's blackmail. Typical of missouri courts. The prosecutor knows he has nothing but won't back off the case for fear of looking stupid and messing up his conviction record. That's why it's been continued so many times.

Ignore his threats, take it to full trial, and tear him apart in court. That's if he follows through on his bullying attempt.
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Wow!!! I had one 'event' that was 'staged'. My co. paid out $340 to 'make it go away'. No real damage other than what obviously pre existed. It was a 'racial' situation where the driver's baby's daddy was hollering about being 'victimized'...
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