PHILADELPHIA - A judge in Philadelphia has apologized to a man who was hounded for 17 years by officials trying to get his twin brother to resolve $1,800 in unpaid tickets and fines.
The problems all started for 40-year-old Edward Harris in October 1990 when his twin brother, Edwin Harris, received eight tickets for moving violations.
Edwin Harris pleaded guilty in traffic court in September 1991 and was ordered to pay $1,501, but never paid and later drifted south and lost touch with his brother.
In the fall of 1992, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation confusing Edward Harris with his brother, told him his license would be suspended for nonpayment of tickets.
Eventually, the department got things cleared up and withdrew the suspension threat, but every year or so, it would rediscover Edwin Harris' unpaid tickets and threaten to suspend his twin's license.
Edward Harris had enough and in November he decided to take his story to the Philadelphia Daily News - a move that eventually led to this week's apology by the judge.
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