Clerical errors haunting drivers for years

SIDNEY – Eleven years ago, Jack Peterson made a bad mistake. The Sidney man drove his '85 Chevy through Campustown while under the influence, and he got caught.

Time passed, wife and family followed, and Peterson thought he'd paid for his mistake with a fine and a suspension. But last week he was one of about 100 Champaign County residents who face a steep fine and loss of driving privileges because their original guilty pleas were lost somewhere between the courts and the state.

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