Jennifer Bitton, of Las Vegas, described by authorities as a "habitual speeder," was arrested by Department of Public Safety officers at her parents' home in north Scottsdale on Friday and booked into the Scottsdale City Jail on suspicion of two counts of criminal speeding, reckless driving and one count of endangerment, DPS announced Tuesday.
Bitton told officers she "didn't know cameras were there." She was flashed 22 times in a 45-day period beginning in mid-May. The fastest speed she was clocked at in her Ford Mustang was 92 mph, according to the agency.
If convicted of the criminal speeding, Bitton would face mandatory jail time and have to pay several thousand dollars in fines for all the tickets, according to Bart Graves, spokesman for DPS.
"Photo enforcement exists to help slow people down, thereby ensuring the safety of everyone on the road. Sadly, some drivers have no regard for the safety of others as they continue to recklessly speed," said Roger Vanderpool, DPS director, in a written statement.
Well there's a good excuse: "I didn't know the cameras were there."
Man, with an excuse like that, you know that she's not just putting this clueless look on her face for the mug shot... it's real. No wonder she still lives with her parents, or at least has her car registered at their home. Betcha they paid for that Mustang she was speeding in, and probably her insurance too. The spoiled kids of rich people such as one finds in Scottsdale often think that they're above the laws, which only exist to keep us "little people" in line. Well enjoy the wake-up call, Jennifer. And enjoy your 15 minutes of fame, doled out little by little each time a prospective employer Googles you on the web.
But it keeps getting better. Apparently little Jennifer isn't even the area's worst offender.
Although Bitton holds the record for being flashed by the cameras DPS began overseeing the photo enforcement program in July 2007, she does not come close to another driver.More on Francesca, the other spoiled brat and apparently unrepentant bad driver, who is probably lucky that she hasn't killed anyone yet. And she's supposedly a mortgage broker. Would you trust someone that irresponsible with your mortgage? Not me...
From March 2, 2006, to July 31, 2006, Francesca Cisneros of Chandler, then 32, threw away more than 70 speeding notifications she received on Loop 101 in Scottsdale in her Honda Civic. At the time of her arrest, she told police she said she didn't think anything would happen to her if she threw away the tickets.
In a plea agreement reached Oct. 23, 2006, Cisneros had to pay $10,022 in fines and spend five days in jail.
But justice has a way of catching up eventually.
"There are rules for a reason, I understand that," Francesca Cisneros says of photo enforcement. "But it's such an annoying nuisance. The whole thing is about money."
In mid-August, the state Motor Vehicle Division suspended her driver's license. And the police came looking for her one day at her mortgage office when she wasn't there. When she called the number on the card they left, a detective asked her to come down to the station to talk. She did — and was promptly thrown in the clink.
"Like a jackass idiot I went down there without a lawyer," she says.
She was released two days later after promising to appear for her court date.
The number of tickets set a record in Scottsdale, and Cisneros was suddenly all over TV news and the Internet, complete with her mournful mug shot.
A plea deal with prosecutors put her in Scottsdale's city jail again, for another five days. Her driving privileges were restricted, and she was ordered to pay more than $10,000 in fines.
Cisneros, who has a bachelor's degree in marketing, complains that she was devastated by the way the media made her look so foolish. She says she turned down interview requests from Inside Edition and CNN.
"It was horrible — the most embarrassing thing ever," she recalls.
Much of the media's focus then was on how ridiculous it was for anyone to think they could ignore photo tickets.
"She threw them away because she thought nothing would happen to her," KPHO-TV's Jason Barry told his audience on August 11. "She was wrong."
Ah, idiots. The world would be a boring place without so many of them.
Wow. Rich people really do annoy me sometimes. I have no problems with those that are rich and are actually doing something positive with that money. But those that use their position to get away with crimes or speeding or acting like ditzes or whatever really piss me off!!!
ReplyDelete"Cisneros, who has a bachelor's degree in marketing, complains that she was devastated by the way the media made her look so foolish."
ReplyDeleteNope, sorry chica, you look foolish all by yourself. Don't try to blame the media for that one.