Cardboard license plate lands woman in jail

Monday, March 7, 2016

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Authorities say putting a homemade, cardboard license plate on a car has landed a woman in jail. The Erie County sheriff's office reported a deputy pulled over a car Wednesday after noticing it didn't have a front license plate. Police said the vehicle's rear plate was a piece of cardboard painted to resemble a New York license plate. The charges against the 28-year-old woman include possessing a forged instrument and operating a vehicle with a suspended registration.

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