The Brief
- Instead of printing cheap fakes, Brown allegedly sold 100% authentic state documents, manually writing the buyers’ driver’s license numbers onto the placards to make them appear legitimately issued during quick checks by parking enforcement.
- Detectives are currently tracing the serial numbers on the 18 seized placards to pinpoint exactly which Texas county tax office leaked or supplied the official inventory to Brown.
- Constable Alan Rosen warned that “the gig is up” and stated that deputies on patrol are actively looking for these tags, meaning anyone caught using an illegally purchased placard faces misdemeanor arrests and jail time.
HOUSTON – A 28-year-old Houston-area man is facing a third-degree felony charge after investigators said he ran an online hustle selling authentic, state-issued disabled parking placards on social media.
David T. Brown was arrested Monday by detectives with the Harris County Constable Precinct 1 Criminal Investigations and Tax Office Investigations Unit. He is charged with tampering with a government record.
Man accused of selling authentic, state-issued disabled parking placards on social media…