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NewsMarch 14, 2016

FORT LEE, N.J. -- Police say a truck driver used fishing line to flip his license plate in a bid to avoid paying tolls into New York City. A police officer said he saw Javier Marte of Yonkers, New York, drive through a George Washington Bridge electronic toll lane without the toll registering Wednesday night. ...

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FORT LEE, N.J. -- Police say a truck driver used fishing line to flip his license plate in a bid to avoid paying tolls into New York City. A police officer said he saw Javier Marte of Yonkers, New York, drive through a George Washington Bridge electronic toll lane without the toll registering Wednesday night. Police stopped his truck and found a fishing line rigged from the cab to a hinge on the front license plate. They said the line could flip the plate out of view going through the toll plaza.

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