Article: UCLA football players charged with misusing handicapped parking tags

Lawrence Ferchaw & Jeff Kmiotek
University Wire
07-12-1999
(Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Fourteen current and former members of the UCLA football team have been charged with providing false information to illegally obtain handicapped parking placards.

The misdemeanor charges, filed by the Los Angeles City Attorney on July 8, followed an investigation by university police and the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that began when an officer noticed a placard was displayed improperly in January.

That initial incident led police to linebacker Robert Thomas and then to other team members when investigators used DMV records to match the names to the football roster.

Authorities allege ...

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