Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Vanity Plate Leads to Arrest

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Police say a New Hampshire woman charged with robbing a pharmacy wasn't hard to find: Her name was on the license plate of the getaway car. Police say a motorist watched the woman flee from a Rite Aid parking lot in Manchester. The witness also reported seeing the woman toss items from her car Friday morning. The vanity plate read "B-USHER." Police tell WCVB-TV that the car was registered to 43-year-old Bonnie Usher, who was arrested at her home. Police recovered stolen money and found a ski mask tossed from the car. An official at the Hillsborough County Jail says Usher was being held Sunday night on $60,000 bail. The jail's paperwork did not indicate whether she had retained a lawyer.

Little known fact, New Hampshire (Boston's largest suburb) has the second most vanity plates per capita in the nation.  For a suburb who's motto is "live free or die" giving off a strong minimal government vibe, their citizens sure make it easy for their government to track them down when necessary.  Certainly makes police work easier, no more asking witnesses for make and model of the car,  just have to ask if the redneck put their name or any other cutesy phrases on the back of the car.  

It must really work to curb road rage and speeding infractions though.  I'd be far less tempted to piss off other drivers on the road if I knew they could identify me by my license plate.  Certainly wouldn't be flipping people off at every perceived slight anymore.