“Breakdown” in Allegheny County court records department will cost 1,500 people their licenses

Hundreds of former defendants say an administrative screw-up in Allegheny County could derail their lives and their careers.

Whether it was drinking or speeding or some other charge, judges have ordered the suspension of tens of thousands of driver’s licenses in Allegheny County over the past 12 years, but several hundreds of those drivers were never notified until now. They’re being told to surrender their licenses or file costly appeals.

“It was definitely a breakdown in the system,” court records director Michael McGeever said…

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