COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - A minor traffic violation a thousand miles away sparked a bigger mystery in Council Bluffs.
An expired license plate an Iowa woman turned in long ago caused a more recently undeserved fine — and her fight may be the only case like it.
Walking from the mailbox with a traffic fine notice, Kathy Baker notices it’s from somewhere she’s never been before.
“This is in New York City,” she said.
The Iowa license plate once registered to her company had been caught on camera in New York City speeding 15 miles per hour over the speed limit, which carries a $50 fine.
“I don’t want to pay for somebody else going through a school zone,” she said. “That’s not his license plate — that doesn’t belong to that guy. He bought that from somebody.”