John McCarthy
FULLERTON — A driver pulled over on suspicion of a traffic violation found a creative way to try to avoid a citation, California police reported.
The driver handed the officer a “Get Out of Jail Free” card from the Monopoly board game, Fullerton police said in a Wednesday, November 5, news release.
“The officer had a good laugh, reminded the driver that while creativity is appreciated, it’s not exactly a legal defense, and told him to save the card for a rainy day,” police said.
The officer sent the driver on his way “with a smile” — and a traffic citation, police said.
Police added the hashtags #aforeffort and #nicetry to the release on Instagram.
“Technically they didn’t go to jail… so it worked,” read one comment on the post.
Fullerton is about a 25-mile drive southeast from downtown Los Angeles.
By DON SWEENEY/Sacramento Bee
Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 25 years. He has been a real-time reporter based at The Sacramento Bee since 2016.
