Receiving a ticket for running a red light is nothing new - unless, that is, you were in jail and the police had impounded your car at the time, which is the case of 25-year old Rashad Lewis from Queens, New York.
Lewis' story started on Friday, August 3, when the 25-year old junior at Berkeley College was pulled over for a traffic violation while driving his luxury Mercedes-Benz CL coupe in New York City.
"The cops said I ran two red lights," Lewis told the NY Post. The police said that while searching his vehicle, they found 13 fake credit cards, and as a result, both Lewis and his friend, Gregg Humphreys, 22, who was sitting on the passenger side, were arrested on charges of criminal possession of a forged instrument and taken to jail. In the meantime, the Mercedes-Benz coupe was impounded by the police.
“I posted bail and was released the next week," said Lewis
About a couple weeks after he posted a $3,500 bail and returned to his home in Queens, Lewis received for running a red light, which allegedly took place on August 4, when he was in prison and his car was supposedly parked at the Springfield Gardens Auto Pound in Queens.
“My first reaction was, ‘Are you guys serious?’ I had a whole bunch of emotions running through my mind. I felt violated. I don’t know if they could have committed a crime in my vehicle. I was really shocked. I was mad,” he told the NY Post.
Lewis added that his car had taken a beating. "My back window was broken, my driver’s-side door was keyed, and my bumper was scratched up,” said the college student. "They were driving my car with the windows down and having a ball joy riding my vehicle."
The news site said that the New York Police Department (NYPD) declined to comment on the incident adding that it remains unknown if the alleged joy rider was a police officer or a civilian employee.
As for the damages to the car, a police source told the NY Post that Lewis made no complaints when he repossessed the Mercedes-Benz from the auto pound.
Photo Credits: Mercedes-Benz
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"I felt violated. I don’t know if they could have committed a crime in my vehicle. I was really shocked. I was mad." This coming from a guy who was found with fake credit cards? I'm sorry, but you're trash Rashad. You and your car should both be treated as such, in my opinion.
Smoking hot Benz!
This kid sounds like scum. How does a 25 year old afford a CL?! I don't care what his degree is or where it came from, there's no way he could logically own a CL unless he's another Mark Zuckerberg or something.
Maybe he used some of his 13 fake credit cards or something.
hating on the young that drives exotic cars here eh? let me tell u somethin who gives a shit. im 24 and i drive a aston martin rapide and a 458. so fuck yall haters out there
Lets ignore for a moment the background of the young man arrested, as it's really irrelevant to the story. The point being made here is that the police, or an employee of the NYPD took someone's vehicle and drove it illegally. Reminds me of the story some time back about the FBI guys that took an impounded Ferarri for a joyride and trashed it.
They are NOT above the law and the person who took it should be prosecuted.
I beg to differ. May I ask you something which I think baffles most people on here, including me? How did you make the money to be able to afford such cars? To be honest, judging only by your writing, you sound like someone half that age who doesn't pay much attention in school.
What goes around comes around.Considering this punk was involved in credit card fraud and the merc
was probably being paid for with those illegal credit cards,he deserved whatever was done to the car..
These identity thiefs are lowlifes who deserve whatever bad things that may happen to them!
Who's paying for your cars YOO?If you say you are,here comes another bunch of lies and more
lies!
Hold up guys....YOO never said he owns those cars, he just drives them. This just means he's another valet looking to brag about exotic cars he's "driven"... I mean parked.
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