New Jersey man pretends to be twin brother to get out of parking tickets
theGRIO REPORT - Olawale Agoro kept telling court officials, from judges to clerks, that he was "Tony," and that it was his twin brother, not he, who had racked up all those traffic tickets...
Olawale Agoro kept telling court officials, from judges to clerks, that he was “Tony,” and that it was his twin brother, not he, who had racked up all those traffic tickets.
“This is just another example of the extremes people will go to escape justice,” Rochelle Park Police Chief Robert Flannelly said Friday.
The chief said that he had seen people send in their relatives to try and get their court dates postponed, but “this guy was actually coming in on his own.”
After police discovered his deception, Agoro was taken in and charged with hindering apprehension, false swearing and resisting arrest.
Agoro’s game started on July 31 after Maywood Police Officer Matthew Parodi pulled him over and issued five motor vehicle summons.
On September 19, Agoro appeared in court but claimed to be his legally blind twin, “Tony,” despite the fact that Parodi was in court and recognized him as the same man.
Parodi later saw Agoro asking Good Samaritans to drive him around, though he took over as driver after they rounded the block.
When Parodi later pulled Agoro over again, he issued three more tickets and impounded Agoro’s vehicle. Agoro admitted he was not blind in order to retrieve the car.
Agoro convinced the courts to push back his court date and then missed the new dates. He went to clerks several times, claiming to be “Tony,” saying that Agoro was in Nigeria mourning the death of their father.
But on Wednesday, clerks began to be suspicious when Agoro missed yet another court date, and they called police, who identified “Tony” as Agoro from fingerprints and arrested him.
