In October 2024, automated enforcement cameras in Chicago caught a dark-colored Nissan Sentra with New York Plate NCC1701 speeding along Kedzie Avenue through Marquette Park and running a red light at 79th and Halsted streets in Auburn Gresham.
The plates came back to a woman who lives in Long Island, New York. The only problem is that woman doesn’t drive any longer and has not owned a car registered to that license plate since 2020.
The Trekkie connection
The husband of 76-year-old Beda Koorey loved “Star Trek.” Being a Trekkie, naturally, his license plate reflected that fandom.
“He got those plates in, if I can remember, It was like in 1978,” Koorey said.
NCC-1701 is the number on the original USS Enterprise back when Captain Kirk was steering that ship…