HOUSTON – Deputies arrested a man Thursday after they said he had been using a license plate flipper to attempt to dodge tollway cameras.
Preston Cody Talbot was arrested after he failed to pay a toll in the 8000 block of the North Sam Houston Parkway West.
As the investigation unfolded, officials said Talbot owed $5,473.07 in toll fares.
“It was basically a wire that went through the trunk into where he had access to engage the device,” Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman said.
Thanks to technology, they were able to catch him.
“There was a pattern set up where we knew about the time of day he came through,” Herman said.
In Texas, it’s a misdemeanor if you’re caught using a license plate flipper, punishable by a fine of no more than $200.
Talbot was taken into Harris County Jail and was released after posting $100 bond.