When someone paints 'Slow 25 mph' on the street that automatically spells trouble for him. That is the case of 55-year-old John Cherok II.
According to Star Tribune, the western Pennsylvania man painted 'Slow 25 mph' on Main Street and now he is in deep trouble because of it.
The police arrested him last month and have since charged him with disorderly conduct as well as criminal mischief for his uncalled for painting on the pavement.
As per a Washington Observer-Reporter update, John Cherok II is set to face a preliminary hearing this Thursday in Burgettstown, Pa. for the 'Slow 25 mph' paint.
The 55-year-old has reportedly been living in the said area of Main Street for 15 years now and he even owns a book store there.
Authorities say he may have been pretty annoyed with the over speeding cars on the road that usually run on up to 50 mph speed. Hence, he decided to address the issue personally by painting the 'Slow 25 mph' sign on the road.
"The car was speeding so fast, and the driver was not even looking in front of him," Cherok said. "If I had been hit, I would have died."
Contrary to this however, police claimed that they have never found any speeding drivers hit the road in their nine-months long monitoring of Main Street, according to Seattlepi.com.
Township Council President James Reedy said he wished John Cherok II didn't actually take matters into his hands and paint the said sign on the pavement.
Local reports revealed that Cherok had called the attention of the police for being nearly hit by a speeding car for at least two times now.
On Twitter, Emily Petsko, a Marcellus Shane & government reporter shared the news on the scheduled preliminary hearing for Cherok's case District Judge Gary Havelka.
"That man who painted SLOW, 25 MPH on a Burgettstown road will have a preliminary hearing tmrw," she wrote as caption to the photo of the road where the 'Slow 25 mph' sign was painted.
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