Man busted on same day his license was suspended

[September 11, 2009]  GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- An East Tennessee man whose driver's license was suspended was charged with driving on a suspended license -- on the same day.

The Greeneville Sun reported a Greene County Sheriff's officer stopped 27-year-old Billy Ray Mathes late Wednesday night.

On a note attached to the arrest warrant, Lt. Wesley Holt stated he charged Mathes, who lives in Mosheim, with driving on a suspended license because he knew a judge had suspended Mathes' driving privileges that day.

Mathes had been stopped on Sept. 4 for a registration violation and was driving the same car, with the same license plate, when Holt spotted him Wednesday night. He's due in court again on Friday.

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Information from: The Greeneville Sun, http://www.greenevillesun.com/

[Associated Press]

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