An Oregon man was arrested by the Oregon State Police after allegedly offering a $360 bribe to get out paying a $260 traffic ticket.
An Oregon State Police (OSP) trooper arrested a 20-year old Milwaukie resident after he allegedly offered the trooper money to tear up a citation during a traffic stop Friday along Highway 101 in Tillamook County.
On July 25, 2014 at approximately 2:19 p.m., an OSP trooper stopped a Mitsubishi Lancer passenger car driven by Austen Corno, 20, of Milwaukie, on Highway 101 near milepost 79 after observing it pass another vehicle in a no passing zone marked with double solid center lines.
After speaking with Corno, the trooper returned to the patrol car and completed a citation for passing in a no passing zone, a traffic violation with a listed fine of $260 on the citation.
When the trooper returned and explained the citation to Corno and how to contact the court, the driver allegedly displayed a large amount of cash and offered the trooper $360 to tear the citation up.
The trooper arrested Corno for bribe giving, a class B felony. According to the statute, “a person commits bribe giving if the person offers, confers or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon a public servant with the intent to influence the public servants vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion in an official capacity.”
Corno was transported to the Tillamook County Jail.
