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By MICHELE MAY Rappahannock N«wi SUIT Writer
Charges against John Allen Shanahan were reducec from speeding (67/55) to defective equipment after he brought calibrations to court on January 31 showing that his speedometer was malfunctioning. General District Court Judge John Alexander fined Shanahan $15 and ordered him to pay $20 in court costs. He also agreed to nolle prosse DWI (driving while intoxicated) charges arising from the same incident. The blood test had returned negative.
Then commonwealth's attorney Peter Luke pointed out that Shanahan had appeared in court on several previous occasions with calibrations on the same speedometer.
“Well, why don’t you get it fixed?” asked the judge.
Shanahan responded that he was planning to sell the car and hadn’t had the money for the repairs.
Shanahan had previously speeding convictions. Alexander noted, and he could expect a letter from the Division of Motor Vehicles asking him to show cause why his license shouldn’t be revoked. But since the judgment was already entered, Alexander said he would let this latest sentence stand.
Other cases on that day’s docket included:
Criminal Division:
Elmer Elwood Dyer, DIP, $15/$2o.
Larrv Mann. DIP, $10/$20.
Irvin Jenkins, Threaten bodily harm, complaint brought by Ivan Deal, neither party present in court, rule issued against both.
David Vientos, littering, $25/$25.
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