I've heard of that before. Last time it was an old lady.
It's similar to another story about a toll booth. A guy is short on change, opens up his door, finds a coin, throws it in the bin and subsequently receives a ticket. The reason given was something along the lines of "It wasn't your money" or something.
This more accurately falls under the category of Bored Cop Syndrome, stupid human tricks, or Rudy Giuliani.
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