Five nabbed for $66K in delinquent turnpike tolls, Bucks DA says
The five driver made hundreds of trips without paying their tolls, prosecutors say.
Five area motorists face felony theft charges after failing to pay thousands of dollars in tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, investigators said Monday.
The arrests, announced by the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office, are part of a new, concerted effort to “crackdown on the most extreme cases of drivers using the state’s toll roads without paying," according to a statement.
The five suspects are: Jonathan J. Quinty, 37, of East Greenville, Montgomery County; Rachel A. Andershonis, 26, of Bensalem; Robert A. Mansfield, 48, of Philadelphia; Antonio R. Green Jr., 31, of Bensalem; and Thomas A. Macrina, 40, of Warminster. All but Macrina have also been charged for driving without a valid license, court records show.
Collectively, they owe more than $66,000 in tolls and penalties from hundreds of trips on the turnpike, prosecutors said.
Motorists who don’t pay, such as the suspects in this case, typically drive through E-Z Pass lanes without having a registered transponder for the service, officials said. The bills pile up, and, in this case, remain unpaid.