‘This is an overblown situation’: Ross man arrested on warrant in 2012 forgery case at DMV
By Gary Klien, The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif. | |
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The DMV opened the investigation in
MacKenzie showed the DMV clerk the sales paperwork, which listed the registered owner as
MacKenzie "angrily" accepted the form, left and returned about an hour later to submit the paperwork, Leon said in the affidavit. But the DMV checked into the signature on the form and determined it had been forged in the name of a representative at the auction house.
A DMV investigator set up an interview with MacKenzie a few months later at the DMV's office in
"But they sold me the car," he said.
The case was sent to the district attorney's office for review. The prosecution filed the felony forgery charge in
But according to the affidavit, the arraignment notice was mailed to MacKenzie at an address on
The prosecution said the notice was returned "unclaimed" and MacKenzie failed to appear for arraignment. Authorities then issued a warrant for his arrest, setting the bail at
On Tuesday, police stopped MacKenzie for a traffic infraction while he was driving a truck in
MacKenzie was released on bail within hours.
Reached by telephone later, he said he had no idea he had been charged in the two-year-old DMV paperwork case. He thought police arrested him because they thought he had an unpaid balance on a traffic ticket.
"I bought a beat-up car at auction. I had all the paperwork from the auction," he said. "This is an overblown situation."
MacKenzie has no prior record in
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