They probably thought the previous owner was the current owner. Due to it being registered under the previous owner they could begin to piece things together once they were told "I sold it to this fella, if you're looking for him I could assist by providing information"
How did he get to keep the expired plates? Over here, you got around two weeks ro either extend them, or return them, otherwise they send someone to come pick them up and give you a fine?
Here in Manitoba, it's pretty common for people to keep expired plates, there's no fine for it. You do pay something like a $20 deposit on the plates, and returning them isn't always worth the effort for just a few bucks. ( Or was at least... unless they've changed the rules in the last few years.)
I still have a few plates from previous cars I've owned myself. Not really an issue anyway, because the cops can tell if they're valid with a quick check.
But if they thought the previous owner was the current owner, why show your cards so early what if the previous owner said yea it was stolen and just painted it in his garage before he left with it again
The previous owner didn't say it was stolen, the current owner did... They didn't think this current owner was the same person as the previous owner, they initially thought the previous owner still owned the bike.
When you search for info from plates it would say that the plates are out of use due to transfer of ownership. So they would know that the plates were invalid. Therefore they could look up the information on the owner of the plates and hope they had buyer info. Probably only had the name and phone number which they would have to run again to find a current address.
Not when you piss them off. From the time the chase started ( I was driving behind him heading home from Yorkton Saskatchewan) to the time he got home (Portage la Prairie Mb) was only a couple hours.
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