ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Michigan man has paid a $1 Orlando parking ticket 36 years overdue.
Orlando police say they received Stanley Baker's payment for a Nov. 7, 1975, parking ticket on Tuesday. The Pentwater, Mich., 89-year-old included a note reading, "Better late than never!"
Baker's son says his father found the ticket in a book bought at an Orlando garage sale in 1995. He says his father paid the fine as a lark.
It's not clear if the ticket was originally meant for Baker. Orlando's parking violations from 1975 have been destroyed.
Baker sent the $1 payment in the ticket's original envelope. That got it delivered to a police department auditorium that was a night and traffic court in 1975.
A police spokesman says the department thought Baker's payment was funny.
Orlando police say they received Stanley Baker's payment for a Nov. 7, 1975, parking ticket on Tuesday. The Pentwater, Mich., 89-year-old included a note reading, "Better late than never!"
Baker's son says his father found the ticket in a book bought at an Orlando garage sale in 1995. He says his father paid the fine as a lark.
It's not clear if the ticket was originally meant for Baker. Orlando's parking violations from 1975 have been destroyed.
Baker sent the $1 payment in the ticket's original envelope. That got it delivered to a police department auditorium that was a night and traffic court in 1975.
A police spokesman says the department thought Baker's payment was funny.
I guess the guy was right in saying "better late than never"