Driver owes $158K in fines: ‘You never know what you’re going to find’
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland police are calling it “extraordinary”— officers recently stopped a driver who owes $158,000 in unpaid fines.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says the 33-year-old man was allegedly caught driving with a suspended driver’s licence and no insurance on Thursday morning in St. John’s.
Then officers discovered the man owes $158,000 in outstanding fines.
“This is extraordinarily high compared to what I would normally see,” said Const. Geoff Higdon in an interview on Friday. “When we’re doing these stops, you never know what you’re going to find.”