Nearly four years after fighting to get a GETOSAMA license plate, a Long Island man will be getting a new one: GOTOSAMA, obviously. Retired NYPD cop Arno Herwerth was initially worried that the license plate wasn't available, based on his search on the DMV website, but the NY State DMV said there was a computer glitch and the plate is his for the taking. more ›

The strange case of the plucky former NYPD officer Arno Herwerth (who is from Long Island, natch) and his GETOSAMA license plate has gotten even stranger. This time the man with “Kill Bin Laden” crudely painted on his American flag themed minivan and a habit of attending Smithtown board meetings in a chicken suit has rejected the offer of the DMV allowing him to keep his plates, since they would not pay his legal fees. more ›