WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A suburban parking official is threatening to auction off a Marine Corps recruiter’s car tied to nearly $5,000 in unpaid tickets, part of what the city claims is the Corps’ roughly $94,000 tab.
“We’ve tried to be reasonable, but all we’ve been getting is the run-around,” Parking Commissioner Albert Moroni said. The car will be put up for sale in September unless the fines are paid, he said.
The vehicle, bearing U.S. government license plates and a Marine Corps decal, was parked in a city garage without payment, according to Moroni. It has racked up 94 parking tickets, worth $4,850, since last year.
Authorities applied a boot – a device used to immobilize vehicles – then towed the car to a city impound lot April 16.
The Corps, which runs a recruiting station in White Plains, owes a total of $93,805 in fines from 2,000 summonses dating to 2001, parking violations supervisor Claudine Ferrarra said.
The recruiting station referred a call Friday to Sgt. Michael Darbouze, a spokesman at the Albany recruiting office. He said he was unaware of the city’s plans to sell the car and had no comment.
The city periodically auctions vehicles confiscated from scofflaws, defined as owners who fail to pay fines on three or more tickets issued within 18 months.
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