FD 360826 Questionable Practice

FD 360826 Questionable Practice is a practice of Loudoun County, Virginia to finance the county's budget through something that may be viewed as offending and harassment.

FD 360826

On October 18th, 2018, one driver, referred here as GAJ, was picking a passenger at the International Washington Dulles Airport. GAJ waited for the passenger in the dedicated cell-phone parking lot and, when the passenger called that he is standing at Door 4 on the upper arrivals level, GAJ started moving towards the door.

According to GAJ, the traffic was heavy. Several traffic officers regulated it. While following their instructions, GAJ parked at the closest spot to the Door 4, picked up the passenger, his luggage, and left the airport. GAJ asserts that GAJ didn't park nor wait for the passenger -- the passenger was waiting at the door and it took very short time to load the luggage, get the passenger sited in the car, and leave the airport.

Later in that day, GAJ discovered No FD 360826 "Notice of parking violation" at the windshield. The notice stated that "Violation of posted sign" as its reason.

GAJ returned to the airport and failed to find any sign that GAJ could possibly violate. However, another part of the notice deeply offended GAJ -- the notice stated that GAJ received the "Violator's copy," so the Loudoun County's officer made his or her decision that GAJ is a violator without any, neither fair nor unfair, trial.

Informing the County about its abusing practice

In writing, GAJ informed the Loudoun County that the Loudoun County's determination was offending. By this letter, GAJ expressed the will to contest any allegations:

Dear Treasury Coordinator,

Since your reference emerged on the ticket no. FD 360826, I am informing you that you, your partners such as Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department, and/or someone else, have violated American and State of Virginia Laws while harassing me and, possibly, trying to alternate a possible court hearing. I believe that the incident must be investigated and the found violators must be prosecuted.

On October 18, 2018, I picked up a passenger in the Dulles International airport and, later, discovered the ticket mentioned above under my windshield blade. It referenced my car and cited “violation of posted sign” as the reason.

I have no idea what “posted sign” was meant since I believe that I obeyed all the posted signs – I neither parked nor waited my passenger since he was there when I arrived.

I recall that the airport’s upper arrival level was very busy – basically, I would call it “traffic mess.” There were traffic officers who were not successful in traffic organization -- I cannot be responsible for what I feel like is their failures.

More importantly, the ticket indicates me as a “violator” since it is marked as “violator’s copy.” I believe that both Federal and Virginia laws indicate that no one can be called a “violator” without the court decision. No one should be able to call me “violator” -- that’s both harassing and, I guess, illegal, since this tries to alternate the possible court decision. Please submit yourself and/or your partners to appropriate authorities for investigation and prosecution.

The ticket was exhibited as "as a key proof of someone’s breaking of the law."

Overseas trip

On November 12th, 2018 GAJ left the United States because of a trip overseas. GAJ returned on December 19th, 2018.

H. Roger Zurn, Jr. office responses

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When GAJ returned back, to the United States from the trip overseas, GAJ discovered two mailings from the office of the Loudoun County Treasurer, H. Roger Zurn, Jr. The first letter was signed by Klayton Lambert, "Information Services Asst." and stated,

We have received your letter regarding Dulles Parking Ticket FD360826. If you wish to contest this ticket, you must call 703-777-0280, to request a date to appear before the Loudoun General District Court. [...] You must establish a court date or pay by 11/26/2018.

Another mailing was a "Notice of unpaid parking violation." The notice contained threats and asserted the same statements that GAJ believed was abusive. Particularly, it stated,

If you have any questions regarding this violation, [...] please contact our office.

H. Roger Zurn, Jr. office literally requested GAJ to admit the violation in order to ask questions about it.

GAJ's request for justice

Since GAJ wasn't given any opportunity to argue on the issue, GAJ mailed his request for justice to Loudoun District Court, offices of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, and Commonwealth's Attorney. From February 7th, 2019 to April 13th, GAJ had written the following text:

Dear County Board of Supervisors Officer,

If you are not a part of a criminal plot, I would like you to be aware of abuse and harassment that I believe your county is practicing. That harassment might be just a feature of the Treasurer's office, but I believe that the abuse is institutional because of involvement of at least two departments.

Dear County District Court Officer,

Please be aware that I would love to be heard in the court on the situation on October 18th, 2018, or this very concern, or both.

Please also be aware that suppressive power of the Loudoun County Treasurer is greater than my power to call for justice. I might be forced to pay the alleged penalty, but my payment cannot in any way to constitute my fault.

Even if the Loudoun County Treasurer is right and your court is corrupted, I would still love to be heard in an unfair trial as well.

Dear Loudoun County Commonwealth's Attorney Officer,

I would like to bring to your attention my perception that the Loudoun County's officials break the law while abusing drivers, then, based on my case, harassing them, and denying justice, possibly, in order to finance the county budget. Even if legal, their actions are immoral and offensive.

There is also a chance that Mr. H. Roger Zurn, Jr., or someone(s) else decided to finance the budget using its policing and ticketing capacities. This practice might be temporary, let say, in order to raise money for the end-of-the-year bonus, or long-term. May I ask you to collect better information on the issue? How many people were abused and forced to pay "penalties"?

Finally, the Loudoun County court system looks to me like being corrupted since the County's Treasurer executes justice without judges. At least, he definitely knows the results of the hearings before the trials.

Dear Officers,

You are welcome to review all the supporting documentation published on the web. Please let me know what you believe I can do in this situation. If you believe that I didn't do something that I could do, please let me know as well. I seek for the justice I have been denied so far, and, beyond that, I also seek for improvements in the County's practices.

I am deeply offended and intent to seek justice not only through legal procedures, but also in the court of public opinion. That means that your possible replies, especially meaningless we-regret-to-hear's and we-loooked-carefully-and-didn't-find-thoroughly's will be posted online. I can give access to anyone to post their views as well.

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On April, 15th, 2019, the request was mailed. A copy was also sent to the Loudoun County Treasurer's office just in case if he can make some actions on his own.

Collection request

As of October 12th, 2019, GAJ hasn't received any direct response from any of the offices GAJ tried to communicate to. However, in August of 2019, GAJ received a letter from Citation Collection Services, PO Box 80239, Indianapolis, IN 46280-0239 stating that collection actions are going to be undertaken on behalf of their client, Loudoun County. GAJ hasn't authorized anybody to disclose GAJ's address or other personal information.