Pennsylvania Turnpike Cracking Down On Toll Cheats

MONEYWELCOME TO CBS-3 AT 4:00.STREAMING ON CBSN PHILLY I'MNATASHA BROWN.I'M ALEXANDRIA HOFF.MOST AGGRESSIVE EFFORTEVER."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERMATT PETRILLO LIVE AT THETURNPIKE INTERCHANGE INBENSALEM, TO EXPLAIN, MATT?AL INNINGS, THAT THE TASHA,THE PA TURNPIKE TEAMED UP WITHBUCKS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES,TO CREATE FIRST OF ITS KINDSIN THE NATION INVESTIGATIVEUNIT, WHOSE JOB ISSPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO GOAFTER TOLL CHEATS.NOW, TOLL INVADE REMEMBERSDRIVERS WHO USE THE TURNPIKE,ZIP RIGHT THROUGH THE E-ZPASSLANES, BUT NEVER PAY THE TOLL.ACCORDING TO THE PA TURNPIKE,LAST YEAR, SAW $42 MILLION INUNPAID TOLLS AND FEES, ACROSSTHE TURNPIKE.AND MORE THAN HALF OF THAT ISBECAUSE OF DRIVERS FROMMONTGOMERY AND BUCKS COUNTIES.BUT THIS NEW INVESTIGATIVEUNIT WILL WORK TO GET THETURNPIKE THE MONEY IT IS OWED,THE BUCKS COUNTY DISTRICTATTORNEY SPOKE THIS MORNING,AT A NEWS CONFERENCE.WITH WE TRAVEL ON THETURNPIKE, WE MAKE A CHOICE.YOU CAN PAY, OR YOU CAN TAKEANOTHER ROUTE.THE FOR FELONY TOLL EVADERS,THRESHOLD, OVER $2,000 INUNPAID TOLLS, WHERE OTHERCOLLECTION METHODS HAVEFAILED, NOW COMMITTED A CRIMEYOU'RE GOING TO BE REFERREDFOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION INBUCKS COUNTY, AND MONTGOMERYCOUNTY.IT IS A VERY UNIQUEPARTNERSHIP.I DO WANT TO STRESS, WE'RE IFTHE GOING AFTER SOMEBODY WHOMADE HONEST MISTAKE.I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN.AND ONE OF THE STATES MOSTNOTORIOUS TOLL CHEATS WAS FROMRIGHT HER IN BUCKS COUNTY, WHOAT ONE POINT OWED THE TURNPIKEMORE THAN $100,000.WE HAVE MORE ON THAT COMING UP