Clerical errors haunting drivers for years
By Paul Wood
Thursday March 27, 2008
Vanda Bidwell
Jack Peterson stands next to his truck Tuesday at his Sidney home. After a DUI in 1997, Peterson served his suspension, but now he has had his license revoked again in a clerical mixup. He is one of at least 100 people in Champaign County who have been affected by the same problem.
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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