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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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  <title>Illegal Stop?</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:21:00 -0600</pubDate>
  <category>Arrests, Searches, Warrants &amp; Procedure</category>
  <description>Hello,
 
 

I've been stopped in Maine by two different Maine State Police Officers in a very short amount of time.  The reason for stopping me was simply because the registered owner of the vehicle does not have a license and I apparently fit the description of the registered owner.
 

The registered owner is a 60 year old female and I'm a 31 year old female.  It would have been impossible for The Maine State Police, being the trained observers that they are, to have made the mistake that I was the registered owner of the vehicle if they simply glanced over at me.
 

Is seeing that a 31 year old female driving a vehicle registered to a 60 year old female who doesn't have a license enough reasonable suspicion to make a stop?
 

The reason why this matters is because I could theoretically be pulled over again and again and again, for no reason other than fitting the description of the owner...  But the fact is I do not fit the description of the owner.  Therefore, I believe there was no reason to stop me.
 

This also matters because I was arrested by the second Maine State Police Officer for not having a drivers license myself.  The police officers didn't stop me because they knew I didn't have a license, but because they knew the owner didn't have a license.  The first police officer let me go because I wasn't the owner and he didn't run my license.
 

If the stop is deemed an illegal stop then could I possibly win a motion to suppress the evidence?  I also received a ticket for not having insurance.  I won't be hiring a lawyer, so I'm going to have to do this myself.  The lawyer is going to cost more than what I believe I'll be paying if I lose, so why try to win with their help?
 
 

Any help is appreciated.
 
 

Thank you.
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