Newark Woman Beats Red Light Camera Ticket Due to Technicality

A Newark woman may have scored a major victory for red light camera protesters. 

According to KPIX 5, Keisha Dunlevy recently received a red light camera ticket at the Cedar Boulevard and Mowry Avenue intersection. But she didn't back down.

Last week, Dunlevy argued in court that there wasn’t a proper public notice when the cameras were installed, pointing to a 2006 newspaper clip that stated the cameras at that particular intersection were to “capture vehicles that run the red light as they travel east on both streets.”

But Cedar Boulevard doesn’t run east — it runs north and south.

Due to that technicality, a traffic commissioner relieved Dunlevy of the $500 fine, KPIX 5 reported Wednesday.

What it means for those previously fined is unknown as Newark police are investigating the case, KPIX 5 reports. 

But ardent red light camera activist Roger Jones — who blogs about the topic on Patch — says the City of Newark should refund the fines its collected since the cameras’ installation in 2006 — a total he estimates could be as high as $5 million.

Watch the KPIX 5 report here.

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