Crime & Safety
$100 Fine Payment In Coins Causes Stir In West Haven: Report
A resident plans to file a complaint after she said a police clerk refused to accept $100 in coins as payment for a parking fine.

WEST HAVEN, CT — A resident plans to file a complaint against a West Haven police clerk she says initially refused to accept $100 in coins as payment for a parking fine and an argument ensued, according to WTNH News 8.
Myra Smith told WTNH News 8 that she was trying to pay the fine with the funds she had available and wasn’t trying to get back at the government by paying in coins.
A supervisor, Sgt. Stanley Pliszka, eventually stepped in and counted the coins, according to WTNH.
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