‘No Good Deed Goes Unpunished’: Elk Grove Senior Ticketed For Truck Donated Six Years Ago

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ELK GROVE (CBS13) — We’ve reported earlier connected agencies utilizing aged Department of Motor Vehicle records and ticketing the incorrect person. One was issued successful Salinas, a spot Emily Blake-Kessel said she’s ne'er been, six years aft she donated the motortruck involved.

“It angers me!” Emily said.

She donated her Chevy 1500 motortruck to the Sacramento Children’s Home backmost successful 2015.

“No bully deed goes unpunished,” Emily said.

Six years later, the City of Salinas sent Emily a missive saying she owed $77.00 for a June 2021 parking summons citing the motortruck for having nary licence plates.

“This summons was issued successful Salinas, California, and I’ve ne'er been there,” she said.

Emily said she removed the plates earlier donating the motortruck and filled retired a Release of Liability signifier with the DMV. But she said Salinas wouldn’t driblet the ticket.

“They said I was past the grace play for which I ne'er received the archetypal summons to springiness maine the grace period,” she said.

If Emily didn’t wage the ticket, the metropolis threatened to instrumentality her taxation refund.

We’ve learned the foundation utilized an auction institution that sold the motortruck successful 2015 to idiosyncratic with a Mexico address. The DMV said that idiosyncratic ne'er registered the truck, truthful Salinas sent the summons to Emily, the past registered owner.

“I’m conscionable flabbergasted,” she said.

After we got involved, the City of Salinas dropped the ticket.

The Sacramento Children’s Home said it works with a car donation processor, which handles car income connected their behalf, truthful they didn’t person nonstop cognition of what happened.

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The City of Salinas said they utilized the astir existent accusation disposable from the DMV.