Archive for January, 2012
Chicago Police Officer Asks Speeding Ticket Recipient For Date Thursday, January 5th, 2012
A suburban Chicago police officer tracked down a woman he recently issued a speeding ticket to and asked her to dinner. Now she’s suing.
Police Officer Chris Collins left a handwritten note on the windshield of Evagelina Paredes’s car while it was parked outside her apartment. The note made an offer of dinner and he explained that it was “the least he can do” considering the money the ticket would cost.
Ms. Paredes has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Chicago. The suit accuses Police Officer Collins of violating her privacy.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the note left by the 27-year-old police officer.
“It’s Chris…that ugly bald Stickney cop who gave you that ticket….I know this may seem crazy and you’re probably right, but truth is I have not stopped thinking about you since. I don’t expect a girl as attractive as you t… even go for a guy like me, but I’m taking a shot anyways.”
“I did cost you $132 — least I can do is buy you dinner,” the note reportedly read.
It may be heartfelt and sincere, Actual traffic enforcement enforcement and real world penalties are different from “Bridesmaids”–very funny movie with a sub plot that included a romance started with a traffic stop.
Perhaps the biggest differences between the movie and the real life incident is that the officer in the movie let her go with a warning and randomly met her again instead of writing the ticket and then stalking her.
