Friday, January 23, 2009

Process server fired over unserved tickets

FRANCISCO MEDINA/Tucson Citizen
CARLI BROSSEAU - January 22, 2009

Process server fired over unserved tickets; 1,000 photo enforcement cases reviewed
Unserved tickets spur review of 1,000 photo enforcement cases.

About 1,000 photo traffic enforcement cases are under review by Tucson City Court after a process server allegedly filed false affidavits of service.

At least 14 people received letters informing them a City Court judge found them responsible for citations they were never served, said Christopher Hale, deputy court administrator.

Angry calls to the court led to the firing of the accused process server and a painstaking review of the 1,000 or so cases for which Michael Dimenstein supposedly served the paperwork, Hale said.

Dimenstein's actions are under investigation by Tucson police, who will weigh whether to press for criminal charges, spokesman Sgt. Fabian Pacheco said Thursday...

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Process server fired over unserved tickets; 1,000 photo enforcement cases reviewed

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