HIT and RUN NOT CHARGED/FALSE REPORTING REDUCED to SPEEDING TICKET – State v. Mr. N. (DMC No. 10405) (Scottsdale City Court TR2011-015309): Mr. N. was at a red light when he began backing up and bumped into another car. The lady in the other car yelled something at him, and then he left the scene. When police contacted Mr. N., he had broken English (because he was from India) and he stated he was not the operator of the car. When the eventual facts came out, we were able to convince the Detectives not to charge him with ‘Hit and Run”. However, he was charged with “False Reporting”. We were able to convince the Prosecutor to reduce that down to a simple “speeding” ticket (failure to control speed to avoid a collision), with a small fine. Mr. N. has no criminal conviction on his record.
