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Sunday, June 06, 2010
Ind. Law - "Democratic nominee for Lake County assessor soon may learn the outcome of a state investigation into whether she violated state law by holding driver's licenses in both Indiana and Michigan"
Bill Dolan reports for the NWI Times:
Both Indiana and Michigan state officials have acknowledged Carol Ann Seaton held a Michigan and Indiana driver's license simultaneously for some years, in apparent violation of both states' laws.A Michigan spokeswoman said her agency canceled Seaton's driver's license in that state for failing to disclose her Indiana license.
[Graig Lubsen, a spokesman for the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles], said holding multiple driver's licenses can be a civil infraction punishable by a fine or a felony if she failed to disclose her Michigan license on recent Indiana driver's license applications. BMV employees are supposed to require applicants to state, under oath, whether they hold out-of-state licenses.
Lubsen said Tuesday evidence in Seaton's case has been turned over to state police. He said any criminal charges would have to be authorized by Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter. * * *
Lake County Sheriff Rogelio "Roy" Dominguez, whose department isn't involved in the investigation, recently questioned why Seaton is being singled out for special scrutiny. He said he believes efforts to have her charged as a felon are politically motivated.
Lubsen said earlier this week the BMV isn't treating Seaton's case any differently than many others initiated after BMV Commissioner Andrew Miller stepped up enforcement of state law forbidding multiple licenses.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 6, 2010 10:21 AM
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