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Thread #53419   Message #873799
Posted By: SharonA
24-Jan-03 - 10:32 AM
Thread Name: BS: Traveller Discrimination Update...
Subject: RE: BS: Traveller Discrimination Update...
Here's the latest update on the false-information case against Madelyne Toogood in Michigan, from the South Bend Tribune: http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2003/01/22/local.20030122-sbt-MICH-D3-Toogood_fined__1_200.sto

January 22, 2003

Toogood fined $1,200 in Michigan license case

MONROE, Mich. (AP) -- A woman caught on videotape in September in a Mishawaka [Indiana] parking lot apparently beating her 4-year-old daughter was fined $1,200 on Tuesday in a Michigan driving case.

Madelyne Toogood, 26, originally was charged with using false identification and possession of multiple driver's licenses. If convicted, she faced up five years in prison.

She spent six days in jail in November before being released on bond.

On Dec. 5, Toogood pleaded guilty to driving without a license and failing to register a change of address.

Monroe County District Judge Jack Vitale sentenced her to six days in jail, with credit for time served. He also fined her $1,000 on the address change charge and $200 on the unlicensed driving charge.

Authorities said Toogood gave Michigan motor vehicle workers a false name and address when applying for a driver's license and identification card in May.