4 charged with skipping $21K in tolls in Bucks County

Friday, July 26, 2019
DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Four people are facing charges after racking up $21,000 in unpaid tolls in Bucks County.

The arrests mark the third round of charges filed in Bucks County as part of an ongoing effort to target the biggest offenders.
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According to the affidavit all four also drove on the Pennsylvania Turnpike with a suspended driver's license at some point in time.

Police said Christian M. Rodriguez, 41, of Willow Grove, took 186 unpaid rides between September 2013 and April 2019, stealing a total of $8,018.40.

They said Tatyana Yarmolyuk, 37, of Green Lane, drove the Turnpike without paying 136 times between March 2012 and October 2018 for unpaid tolls of $5,300.56.
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Torr J. Robinson, 33, of Philadelphia, according to authorities, made 252 unpaid trips between September 2013 and November 2017 worth $5016.10.

Shirley Chaplin-Sowell, 39, of Philadelphia, is accused of riding without paying 65 times between April 2017 and March 2018, earning a bill of $2,850.05.



Though charges were filed earlier this month, two of those charged have yet to be arraigned. Robinson is in custody in another state awaiting extradition. Chaplin-Sowell is free on $20,000 unsecured bail.
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