Meter maid writes tons of fake parking tickets

A city traffic agent has been charged with writing dozens of fraudulent parking tickets- sometimes while sitting in her car miles away from the bogus violations she cited.

Queens prosecutors said Nivea Cloud is accused of writing 27 tickets in three hours in seven locations on May 12. They said she invented infractions just one to four minutes apart in the same place.
Cloud was seen sitting in her police car- parked in a handicapped spot- more than a mile away from where the vehicles cited on her tickets supposedly were illegally parked.

Cloud was arraigned Tuesday on charges including official misconduct and falsifying business records. She could face up to four years in prison if convicted. Article here.