Cop tracks down and arrests woman who lied about dying dad to get out of speeding ticket

[apples and oranges]

New Hampshire police officer Christoper Cummings pulled over Carley Williams on Friday night for speeding, US ABC News reports. She was going 82mph/h (132km/h) in a 65mp/h zone. An "emotional" Ms Williams told the officer she was rushing to get to the hospital, where her father was dying.

The cop took down the name of the hospital and her father’s name, then let Ms Williams go, telling her to drive safely.

However, when he called the hospital to check her story, staff told him the man wasn’t a patient. An online search uncovered his obit on a funeral home website, showing he had died in 2008.

"I was upset," said Mr Cummings. "For someone to lie about their deceased father just to get out of a speeding ticket was pretty upsetting to me as a person,” he told ABC News.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/cop-tracks-down-and-arrests-woman-who-lied-about-dying-dad-to-get-out-of-speeding-ticket/story-fni0xs61-1226693192627

This cop went way too far in googling this woman and her father. Outrageous! "Police state" indeed!

[Shrike47]

1. Your comment is sarcasm, right?

[PowerToThePeople]

2. Yet Parallel Construction from law enforcement continues.

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Message from law enforcement

"We can do it (make up stories) but you can not."

And they (law enforcement) wonder why people have so much anger towards them.

[LanternWaste]

9. At least those who get caught lying have anger... justified or not.

"And they wonder why people have so much anger towards them..."

At least those who get caught lying have anger... justified or not.

[Mopar151]

3. Did you forget the "sarcasam" tag?

Her license was under suspension, which makes her a double liar, pretty likely a pathalogical liar. Don't like 'em.......

[apples and oranges]

4. Absolutely not!

The time to address any problems with her license was during the stop. He crossed the line when he decided to call the hospital and investigate her online until he found something to charge her with. On top of that, he had the audacity to show up at her door asking more questions? Who the hell does he think he is? He's a street cop, not a detective on CSI!

[Egnever]

13. Really?

So if your dad was dying in the hospital and you got pulled over you would prefer if they arrested you on the spot rather than let you go see your dad?

I would think that would be much more of a police state than this.

I'll take the cop with the compassion to let me go see my dad every time. If my story doesnt check out then i deserve what i get at that point.

I Recently had a child fall out of second story window and I rushed him to the hospital. all I kept thinking on the way was that if a cop tries to stop me I am not stopping. Mostly because I didnt think I would run into a cop like the one in this story.

[Orrex]

16. What if he had issued the citation and later found out she had committed murder?

Would he be required to let her go because he didn't arrest her at the time of the traffic stop?

[Lee-Lee]

22. Absolutely not

A street cop is every bit as empowered to do further investigation into a crime as anyone else.

He could have written her on the spot, but have her the benefit of a doubt, followed up on the stop, found she lied, and acted accordingly.

[Politicalboi]

5. They just gotta get that money

My father would have proud had I done that. Police state indeed.


"I was upset," said Mr Cummings. "For someone to lie about their deceased father just to get out of a speeding ticket was pretty upsetting to me as a person,” he told ABC News.

Poor baby was upset.

What a dick.

[Orrex]

15. She was speeding with a suspended registration

The cop performed due diligence and caught her in her lie. The search that he performed is no more creepy than a stoplight camera tracking you down by your license plate to mail you a ticket.


I have no problem with what the cop did in this case.

[cali]

33. you're kidding. she's the piece of shit. I have no problem with what the cop did

I hope the asshole woman gets a hefty fine. fuck her.

and this has jackshit to do with a police state.

[Logical]

41. +1000 n-t

[pintobean]

6. He gave her the benefit of the doubt and let her go.

Then, he checked her story out. That seems more than fair. When he showed her the obituary, she lied again. Fuck her.

[HappyMe]

7. What a horrible thing for her to do!

Why make up a huge, elaborate lie. Just take your damn speeding ticket, and move on.

[Sheldon Cooper]

8. Dumbass driver.

Speeding with an invalid registration and then lying about your dead father when getting caught - this one is not too bright, is she? I will admit that the cop looking her up later is a bit creepy, though.

[msongs]

10. if lying was a crime, the police would mostly be in jail lol nt

[onenote]

30. I missed the part where she was charged with lying

She was charged with speeding and driving with a suspended license. And good for the cop who checked out her story.

[DavidDvorkin]

11. Good for him.

[Cali_Democrat]

12. This is your example of an outrageous police state?

[woo me with science]

14. Why aren't you in this thread?

Get real...SOD spies on Americans to tell DEA agents who, when & where to make up a reason to search
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023422158

[Eleanors38]

28. There is evidence to suggest movement toward a police state. This ain't it.

[oldhippie]

17. Good

I don't like speeders. Or liars. Or scofflaws. Fuck her.

[tblue37]

18. Reckless drivers kill. She needed that smack down. nt

[Tikki]

19. That police officer should be a detective on the force. Sometime the police need to follow up...

..ask anyone who has reported suspicious behavior or stalking.


Tikki

[npk]

20. The woman got what she deserved

I'm not saying I would've arrested her necessarily, but I damn sure would given her the original ticket. People are quick to attack cops for lying, so people need to be honest with their dealings with cops as well.

[frylock]

21. sounds like good old fashioned detective work to me

[Liberal_in_LA]

23. not much sympathy for her. rather she got the ticketthan arrested though

[petronius]

24. Good for him - she tried a stunt, and failed, and was probably

gloating to her friends about how she fooled a traffic cop. I hope the cop isn't more cynical next time he stops a person who is really racing to an emergency, but I have no problem at all with him checking up.

And while I'm biased due to personal experience, and this is a purely Fristian analysis, a significant and well-publicized slap-down may be good for her. People that get in the habit of lying glibly through life do a lot of damage (to themselves as well as others)...

[Eleanors38]

29. When folks lie & punk around without consequence, it becomes sport.

[COLGATE4]

25. Thanks to this asshole woman

the next person legitimately speeding because of an emergency is going to get nailed by this cop - no excuses, no understanding, no anything. Along with all his buddies who heard the story. I'm personally pleased that she got what was coming to her. Her type of stupidity only hurts other people.

[Nye Bevan]

26. "Don't lie to the police" would seem to be the moral of this tale (nt)

[DrDan]

27. good for the officer - I am sure her Father would have been ashamed of this lie

[apples and oranges]

31. I'm floored by the amount of people siding with the cop

Forget the woman's actions, the point here is that a cop googled a citizen after a traffic stop. What if he found that she was telling the truth about her dad, but he also found a post she made on a forum about doing drugs? Would he be justified in returning to arrest her on drug charges?

[Gravitycollapse]

32. You think cops aren't allowed to google people?

[cali]

35. I'm floored that anyone would side with the piece of shit woman who lied to get out of a ticket

and who was driving in violation of the law to begin with. There is nothing wrong with what the cop did and no could possibly be dumb enough to think this was evidence of a police state.

[Logical]

36. She lied to a cop to save her ass. She deserved it. And he broke no law. WTF is wrong with you? n-t

[Lee-Lee]

37. If you post in an open forum using your real name about doing drugs

You deserve the jail time just for being stupid.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with an officer doing investigative work. In fact it is a good thing. He had a chance to write the ticket at the stop. He found there might be a case for leniency so he held off, did some good old fashioned detective work, determined the tickets were in fact justified, and issued them.

[Mugu]

40. Hear, hear! n/t

[Jenoch]

39. He could not arrest her

on drug charges, even if there was a photo of her smoking crack. That is not enough evidence to prosecute. It is in the public domain however, so if the cop found further evidence of illegal drug use, then the internet evidence would come into play.

Are you unaware that police investigate people suspected of breaking laws?

[Logical]

34. Idiot woman deserved to get punished. You are clueless. n-t

[dembotoz]

38. same thing happened to me about 25 years ago

my wife was in icu and the hospital called after i had left there and suggested i might want to hurry back because she was not doing well.
got back in the car and started on my way.

got pulled over.

explained to the cop and he went back to his car.
he checked out my story and then returned saying he would pray for us and that i should drive safely

she pulled thru that night and was with me and her newborn son for another couple of years.

the icu was happy i did not get the ticket.....