Roseville man posts ticket he received for warming car in own driveway Local News Roseville man posts ticket he received for warming car in own driveway A Roseville man is becoming Facebook famous after he posted a picture of a ticket he received from a Roseville cop for warming up his vehicle in his own driveway. 
 
 - A Roseville man is becoming Facebook famous after he posted a picture of a ticket he received from a Roseville cop for warming up his vehicle in his own driveway. 
 
 Nick Taylor posted the sarcastic Facebook post on Thursday, thanking the officer who gave him the ticket. According to the picture, the ticket is for his car that was left running in the driveway with no one around. 
 
 "I've never heard of any city ordinance of law like that," Taylor said. 
 
 On Thursday, it was frigidly cold and he wanted to keep his car running while he ran into his girlfriend's house. But he left it unlocked with the key in the ignition. Chief James Berlin said that's a problem. 
 
 "This is purely a public safety issue. You can't do it. You see it all the time, people hop in a running car and Steal them. Something bad happens when that occurs," Berlin said. 
 
 The post received thousands of comments and shares since he posted it. 
 
 "I mostly just put it online to see what people thought of it and see if it's happened to anyone else because I've never heard of this," Taylor said. 
 
 The ticket shows ordinance listed as 99006 but there is no ordinance in the city or state that corresponds to 99006. Under the description of the offense, it lists VEH/MOTOR ON UNATTENDED 895. Ordinance 895 is listed as being part of 'rodent control' on Roseville's website. 
 
 FOX 2 contacted the Michigan State Police for more information. Lt. Mike Shaw says there is no state law that prohibits letting your car idle with the keys in the ignition. 
 
 At this point, it seems difficult to decipher which code the officer was enforcing. Either way, Nick has an appointment on January 26th in District Court in Roseville. 
 
 The ticket shows it was written for a 1997 Chrysler Concorde - and it likely did not come equipped with remote start. Berlin said if the car would have had auto-start, this would not be an issue. 
 
 "Our officers are cognizant of the fact that some people have auto-start. Auto-start has numerous safeguards built in to prevent the car from being stolen: car must be locked, must be in gear. you cannot put the car in gear until the key is inserted into the ignition. That is done to prevent the car from being stolen. That was not the case," Berlin said. 
 
 Taylor wrote on Facebook "Let's all take a moment to thank officer dips*** K. Keary for wasting the taxpayer's money and giving me a ticket for warming up my car in my own damn driveway." 
 
 He said he regrets the swearing and calling the officer an offensive name. 
 
 See the full, unedited ticket for yourself here (WARNING, strong language used): ||||| ROSEVILLE, Mich. - A Roseville man took to Facebook to insult an officer who gave him a ticket for warming up his car in his own driveway. 
 
 "Every person warms up their car," Nick Taylor said. "We live in Michigan!" 
 
 Roseville police phones have been lighting up with calls from people who are furious that Taylor was given a ticket for warming up his car. 
 
 "I was furious when I saw it," Taylor said. 
 
 Taylor said he started his car Tuesday morning to warm it up and went inside for 5 minutes. When he went back outside, he had received a ticket that said "motor vehicle unattended." 
 
 "Vehicle parked in drive with keys in ignition, motor running -- no one around," the Roseville officer wrote on the ticket. 
 
 The officer didn't knock on the door to inform Taylor of the problem. 
 
 "That would have been respectful," Taylor said. "I had no clue that this was a law, an ordinance." 
 
 Police said the key component of the case is whether the key is in the car. Using a remote starter is OK because the key isn't in the car. If the key is in the car, it's a state and local violation, because somebody could take off in the car. 
 
 "You're putting the public at risk," Roseville police Chief James Berlin said. "This is purely a public safety issue." 
 
 Taylor posted a picture of the ticket on his Facebook page and called the officer an insulting name. It's been shared more than 6,000 times and there are more than 5,000 comments. 
 
 Berlin said he's not tearing up the ticket. He's angry about the name calling. 
 
 "You see the disparaging comments he made about my officer?" Berlin said. "Drop dead." 
 
 Taylor said he didn't mean to call the officer a name, but he doesn't want the ticket. 
 
 "Unattended car?" Taylor said. "I’ve done this every day for seven years. Every person warms up their car. We live in Michigan." 
 
 Taylor is scheduled to appear in court later this month. 
 
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 FLINT, Mich. – A 19-year-old woman's warning to others has been shared widely on Facebook after she found a shirt laid over her windshield Thursday. 
 
 Ashley Hardacre had just finished working at the Genesee Valley Mall in Flint, Michigan, and walked across the dark parking lot to her car – when she found a blue flannel shirt thrown over her windshield and tucked underneath a windshield wiper. 
 
 “There were two cars near me and one was running so I immediately felt uneasy and knew I couldn’t get out to get it off,” Hardacre explained on Facebook. “Luckily, I knew better than to remove the shirt with cars around me so I drove over to a place where I was safe and quickly rolled down my window and got the shirt off.” 
 
 Hardacre told CBS News that her mother had warned her of people trying to trick women into leaving their cars in the dark, and said, "A lot of people think it is fake or it won't happen to them. But you can never be too safe." 
 
 Hardacre said she posted the photo to warn others, adding that "it can happen to anyone." 
 
 Flint Township Police Detective Sergeant Brad Wangler told CBS that he got in touch with the 19-year-old after seeing her Facebook post. Police are looking at surveillance video of the parking lot to see who left the shirt on Hardacre's windshield. 
 
 Wangler said there haven't been similar incidents, but added that anyone who feels something "doesn't seem right" should contact police. 
 
 Hardacre wrote that she was grateful to her mother for telling her about the potential danger, and, just to be safe, the 19-year-old will ask security to escort her at night in the future. ||||| BY Richard Reeve, Stephen TschidaWJLA | Sinclair Broadcast Group 
 
 WASHINGTON — A Northwest D.C. couple faces cruelty of children charges, after police say two toddlers were left alone in a parked car Saturday, its heat and engine turned off. 
 
 "I thought it was really sad," says Mary Kate O'Connell, who lives near the corner of 23rd and l streets, where the youngsters were first spotted by a witness. 
 
 
 
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 "If I saw kids in a car on the street, I would definitely want to do something about it," she adds. 
 
 The witness saw the children inside a parked, locked Volvo around 4:30 p.m. The outside temperature was 28 degrees. 
 
 "It's probably not the most parentally sound decision," says Tom, a District resident who didn't want to give his last name. 
 
 "Obviously, that seems irresponsible," says Dui Nguien, who lives nearby. 
 
 But that wasn't all. 
 
 The manager of the ‘Ris' restaurant confirms the children's caregivers, identified by police as 45-year-old Jennie Chang, and 41-year-old Christophe Lucas, were inside attending a wine tasting. 
 
 Police say the children were inside the car for an hour. 
 
 "It's the same thing if you leave your kids in a hot car in the summer," says O'Connell. "I mean, the weather is terrible." 
 
 Arriving officers located Chang and Lucas, and booked them at Second District headquarters on second-degree cruelty to children charges. 
 
 "For a wine tasting?," Tom says. "Hopefully you have enough income to afford a babysitter, so why not just get the babysitter?" 
 
 No one answered at the couple's Northwest D.C. townhouse. Neighbors expressed surprise. They say Chang and Lucas are attentive, caring parents. 
 
 The children are now being held by Child Protective Services. 
 
 "I don't think it's right," O'Connell says. "I don't know why they wouldn't just bring the kids inside." 
 
 The charges against the couple are serious. 
 
 Under D.C. law, second-degree cruelty to children occurs when a person is accused of "mistreating a child" or allegedly engages in conduct causing "grave risk'"of bodily injury to a child. 
 
 If convicted, Chang and Lucas could each face $10,000 in fines and/or 10 years in prison. 
 
 "I hope there's some disciplinary action, and it doesn't happen again," Nguien says. "Glad there were some people that caught it." 
 
 Chang and Lucas faced a judge Monday in D.C. Superior Court. They were released on their own recognizance and fled from court when ABC7 attempted to ask them questions. 
 
 Lucas told investigators he had left a cell phone on inside the car to monitor the children, and that he and Chang kept an eye on the vehicle. 
 
 
 
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 A bizarre car crash involving a BMW filled with naked people has become even stranger as RCMP prepare kidnapping charges against three suspects, who investigators allege intentionally rammed a truck after three people escaped the vehicle. 
 
 On Monday, two vehicles collided on a rural road in Nisku, Alta. When officers arrived, they found five people inside a white BMW completely unclothed. 
 
 In an update Tuesday, RCMP allege that three people -- a man, a woman and a newborn baby -- were forced from a home in Leduc County and into a vehicle. 
 
 Investigators said the man was stuffed into the vehicle’s trunk but somehow managed to escape. The woman and infant also managed to flee. 
 
 That’s when a truck driver passing through the area spotted the three and picked them up. 
 
 Derek Scott of LPH Industrial says it was his employee who came to their rescue. 
 
 “Apparently they came out of the ditch with no shoes on, so he stopped to see obviously if they needed help. It’s the middle of the winter and people running around with no shoes on -- you stop to help them,” Scott told CTV Edmonton. 
 
 After they entered the truck, RCMP said another vehicle purposefully rammed the truck. The force of the collision pushed the truck into a ditch. 
 
 “They rammed him from behind … the unclothed people in the BMW,” Scott said. 
 
 RCMP arrested five suspects: a man, two women and two female minors. All five were naked when they were taken in to custody. 
 
 Kidnapping charges are pending against the three adults, RCMP said. The two youth have since been released. 
 
 New video surfaced Tuesday that appears to show the dramatic takedown. Several officers surround the BMW and order someone to “Sit down on the ground, right now!” 
 
 Screaming and crying can be heard coming from the area, and a naked man is eventually escorted by an officer away from the scene. 
 
 Scott, who was in the area at the time of the arrest, said he saw police use what appeared to be Tasers on the suspects. 
 
 The events leading up to the unusual arrest remain murky. On Tuesday, police cruisers surrounded a nearby home, where a garage door appears heavily damaged. 
 
 Construction crews said the police presence has remained at the property for the past day. Investigators have not confirmed if the two scenes are connected. 
 
 Scott said he knows members of the family that his employee helped, and that they live close to Nisku. But he would not comment on what may have led to their alleged escape. 
 
 “I’m not going to say too much about the family involved, just because I think they’ve been through enough,” he said. 
 
 The truck driver confirmed Scott’s version of events, but refused to speak to CTV Edmonton on camera. 
 
 With files from CTV Edmonton
– A Michigan man is fuming after he left his car running in a driveway—and got a ticket. "Every person warms up their car," Nick Taylor tells WDIV. "We live in Michigan!" Taylor, 24, left the car idling unlocked at his girlfriend's house on a frigid morning last week. When he returned a few minutes later, he spied the $128 ticket for leaving a vehicle unattended. Taylor posted a photo of the ticket on his Facebook page and railed against the "dip----" Roseville police officer who left it there for "wasting the taxpayer's money." (He later "retracted" the insult.) The post has been shared nearly 14,000 times, but Police Chief James Berlin wasn't backing down, saying you can't leave vehicles running. "This is purely a public safety issue," he tells Fox2. "You see it all the time, people hop in a running car and steal them. Something bad happens when that occurs." And because of the original insult, Berlin says he's not about to tear up the ticket. One footnote for those who practice Taylor's habit of warming up the car: Mechanics say the old-school ritual is no longer necessary in the era of fuel-injected engines, notes USA Today. In fact, today's cars tend to warm up more quickly being driven rather than idling. (This driver faced DUI charges, though he had only caffeine in his system.)