This is from province of Ontario\nand I am just curious bc the papers were delivered by an individual and w/ no envelopes and the papers were photocopied.  I am leaving for a vacation in couple of days and not sure what to do with this.  There was no car accident, and it was a mere stop, check and leave driving situation.  Let me know\nthanks
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An officer of the court or a police officer can deliver the papers.  You have to sign for them to certify that you received them.  Call your lawyer or at least the court to reschedule the court date before you go on vacation.  You DO NOT want to miss a court date for a traffic violation!  If you fail to appear a warrant will be issued for your arrest and you could spend your vacation in a local jail.
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Here are a few things that you could look for to help clarify your issue. First - the case is probably random and could be qualified in any state, so use the state you are in currently. Second - determine the definition of "operation of a motor vehicle", which should be found in any Motor Vehicle department booklet for a driving permit. Third - use the "common sense" rule. If the man was in a vehicle that was in a parking lot and there were no keys in the ignition and the engine wasn't running - there is no way he was operating the vehicle. If the guy was idling at a stop sign with the car in gear - well he was operating the vehicle. Even if you don't have any details other than what you wrote in your question, you can brainstorm scenarios and determine "If this, then that" answers. Hope this helps!
540135
It is fraud but give it to the postal service as it is their place to handle postal fraud.  The only  way the police will get involved is if it threatens you in some way.\n\nThe other option is to just trash it.
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I am probably in the same camp as everyone else, but would want some clarification.\n\nMust people here seem to have taken the position the truck was being backed towards the officer, but that's not what was stated in the question.  The question says the truck "starts coming back towards the cop," which does not necessarily imply that it was being *driven* back...it might have been rolling because the drunk took his foot off the brake.  I don't know that I think it makes a difference, though...it just would be nice if we knew that the truck was indeed being intentionally used as a dangerous weapon (like maybe the engine racing, the backup lights coming on, etc).\n\nAnd I wonder if you're curious about the innocent passenger who was killed, also.  Was his death justified?  No.  But it was accidental, and I don't think what I've read here makes me think it was criminally negligent. \n\nAn interesting question.  I wonder what makes you ask?\n\nEdit 3.20.06:\n\nFor those who say the cop should have (basically) run away, or cowered and waited for backup, here's the law in California, and I'd guess in most states:\n\n835a.  Any peace officer who has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a public offense may use reasonable force to effect the arrest, to prevent escape or to overcome resistance.\n   A peace officer who makes or attempts to make an arrest need not retreat or desist from his efforts by reason of the resistance or threatened resistance of the person being arrested; nor shall such officer be deemed an aggressor or lose his right to self-defense by the use of reasonable force to effect the arrest or to prevent escape or to overcome resistance.\n\nI still have my concerns with the whole thing, but to suggest the police should have to run (or hide) from criminals is just plain ridiculous.  You don't want to live in a society that tells its cops they have to back off when they're trying to do their job.
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My wife's grandmother came and visited.  WHen she unpacked she came downstairs and said that a present for our daughter had been stolen from her bag.  So I called the airport and got in touch with the TWA and got forwarded to someone who could help me, etc etc etc...  \n\nFinally after hours and hours on the phone I was told that the complaint had to be filed with the departing airport.  So I made copies of everything and took them to the Grandmother explained what she had to do when she got back to Illinois, showed her all the paper work, explained it all again, etc etc etc. \n\nThe day before she left she came down with a small box and said she had put it in a different pocket of her suitcase than she remembered.  Here is the baby's present.\n\n\nWhen we went on our honeymoon (pre 9-11), our flight back got changed and we were supposed to go through Cinncinatti instead of Cleveland.  When we landed in Toronto I looked at the printout I made and realized that we only had 20 minutes to make the connection.  So we ran through the airport, barely made it and hopped on the plane with the ticketing agent barely looking at our boarding passes.  My printout was before the flight change and we went to Cleveland and our bags went to Cinncinatti. We got to Indianapolis about three hours before our luggage.  The airline was overly apologetic for allowing us to get on the wrong plane and brought our luggage to our apartment 60 miles away.
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Is the package in your name? did you sign for it?\n\nIf it was just dropped there and your name isnt on it then take it to a UPS store...or look in your phone book and tell them to pick it up...\n\nor keep it...UPS isnt federal...so its not a federal offence. :)
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It's against the law to hold anything in your hands while driving - mobile phones, food, drink, etc. \nI think there are about three explainations for why nothing was done with the lady. 1. Police are human too - they made a mistake, didn't notice, didn't care enough, gave her a break. 2. The police were doing a specific job and punishing her for breaking this law would involve taking a large amount of time and paperwork that would take them away from what they were doing originally. 3. They did give her at least a verbal warning which you didn't notice.
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How could someone force you to sign something.  Did he hit you or something?  And the celph is your property, if he said you had to pay 15 bucks to get it back have your dad go kick his butt and call the cops for theft of property.  BTW what grade are you in, you English is horrible.
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Call the state level of FBI...if there is no response, go higher.  Happened to me when a guy was stealing mail from mine and other mailboxes.  The locals wouldn't do anything.  I called the post office, postal inspector, and the postal inspector caught the guy on film.  Still, the locals wouldn't do anything, so I called the DA and told him that the guy had been caught on film, and the DA did some serious leaning on the Sheriff's department.  Local people are sometimes lazy, or they are good friends with other locals, so get someone leaning on them, and they start cooperating quickly.
655278
Then both drivers "left the scene of an accident"  and that's not legal.  It may be your car but it's our highway(taxes)  and DLs aren't rights it is a privilege the state can and will revoke for little things.  A police report has to be made on State and Federal highways.  But hey, no cops no foul.  I'd take the $1000 and go too.
232763
If they left with out paying for gas and all they left behind was a card then most likely it was stolen!   But why didn't you guys called the cops??  You should have made a report that such person w/ this type of car came provided a possible stolen card and left w/ out paying for the gas...   \n\nFor all we know this individual may have committed a worst crime minutes earlier! Also, in the future you should write down all license plate #'s down in case this ever happens again.
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Why did you accept it in his stance? This isn't like a prize or a package from UPS that you can accept on someone's behalf. \nA supoena is a very important document sent by the courts, with the specific destination being to the person in question, not the person's dog or girlfriend or stupid coworkers. By accepting the stupid slip, you made it easy for ther server to nonchalantly say he "served" the document to the destination person, when in fact it was not.  To make an analogical comparison, would you have accepted someone's document if it were a lawsuit. Are you that nosy for someone? \n\nThe fact is, that person can deny that he was served because you have no real authority to give subpeonas. He can say you burned it and he never got it (no signatures that he himself received anything), and you could be in deep water for that court offense, including possible jail. So, yes he has a decent right to be pissed at you. I would.
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Best advise for you would be to contact your local police and have them follow up on this. If it is legit, then all is good, but if not, let them worry about it. Whatever you do, do not cash the cheque or provide any personal information. You may also contact the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, they have investigators that deal with scams(?) such as this.
419497
Pray that he backed up. And am assuming he didn't. You can take it in to a professional and if he hasn't written over anything, assume he couldn't, they can get it back.
180279
It is a federal felony offense.  You should inform your local postmaster along with the police and let them handle it.
561330
You should not open it and you should not destroy it either as this is a federal offense. The USPS suggest you mark the envelope "Not at this address" and place it back in a mail collection box.
53974
You can contact your local DMV for a printout I think. Call them and ask.