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Providence judge reduces or dismisses parking fines after caregivers describe family circumstances
Summary
In a series of brief Municipal Court hearings, a Providence judge threw out older parking tickets and dismissed two roadside citations after relatives and caregivers explained family caregiving circumstances, including a grandmother who said she supports her granddaughter and another who said her grandson used her car without permission.
At the Municipal Court of Providence, a judge reduced or dismissed multiple parking and traffic citations after relatives and defendants described caregiving circumstances that the court said helped explain why tickets went unpaid or why others were driving a registered vehicle.
In one case the judge said he would dismiss tickets from 2012, waive penalties on more recent citations and impose a $90 fine for the…
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