Houston cops have arrested a man they say avoided paying nearly $5,500 in tolls on Houston roads with an illegal “license plate flipper.”Preston Talbot, 27, of Houston, was stopped Thursday for avoiding a toll on the Sam Houston Expressway and charged with a misdemeanor, police said. The device Talbot is accused of installing in his car worked with the touch of a button, the station reported. HOUSTON ASTROS MASCOT'S T-SHIRT CANNON 'SHATTERED' WOMAN'S FINGER, LAWSUIT SAYSThe devices are advertised online but are illegal to possess in Texas. “Obviously, this was a stupid mistake,” Talbot’s mother Becki Morgan told the station. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP“I have a Texas tag on my car and do everything legally,” Morgan said.

Source: Fox News April 13, 2019 13:18 UTC