Beware ! Police ticket trap in hackettstown, nj !

[Donnie Brasco]

I have to write this because it’s been bothering me for the last 10 years and now I have the forum to expose this so no one else gets caught in this.

If you follow Rt. 46 West into Hackettstown, past where the old County Line Sport Shop used to be, cross over the Musky ( river ) and head straight about ½ mile you will come to a light.

This is called “The Four Corners” in Hackettstown. At the light, you can make a hard right which will take you past the Hackettstown hospital and to Stephens State Park. If you make a right and follow 46 you’ll be heading thru town, if you make a left you’ll head the other way ( 4 directions, “ 4 corners” ).

Anyway, at this juncture, there is a bank on the right hand side of the road & a gas station on the left side if heading on 46 West.
Now cutting thru the bank in the early am heading to the Musky isn’t an issue, it’s coming back if heading back on 46 East that’s the problem.

The light at the 4 Corners is long and backs up the traffic . So I took the shortcut thru the bank parking lot back to 46 East.

The donut squad ( Hackettstown PD ) has a car sitting right at the 4 corners in a business parking lot which the drivers can’t see but THEY CAN SEE IF YOU CUT THROUGH either the bank or gas station lot to get back to 46 East.

And the HPD, and I’m being EXTERMELY POLITE HERE, are not the nicest police. I want to use a few choice expletives to describe them, but use your imagination…..

I got caught back in 2005 and when I went to court out there, there were, literally, over 100 PEOPLE THERE WITH THE SAME TICKET – a lot of people were 1st offenders, like me, and the judge just didn’t want to hear it – and by the way, he wasn’t very friendly either ( insert choice expletive here ) - can we say cha ching $$$$ - that’s a lotta donuts…..

My ticket was $100.00, an expensive fishin’ trip to the Musky.

So I choose to EXPOSE THIS TRAP to my fellow fishermen, tell everyone far and wide so everyone knows !

And if anyone from the HPD reads this, SHAME ON YOU for doing this to the hard working tax payers in NJ who pay your salary…..

Donnie Brasco out.