PORT CHESTER, N.Y. (December 8, 2025) — Port Chester police are investigating a hoax after fake parking notices threatening $100 fines and vehicle impoundment were placed on cars overnight, stressing that no tickets have been issued and the notices are completely false.
The bogus flyers, addressed to “Port Chester and Connecticut residents,” claimed that starting Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, the Port Chester Police Department would enforce a new overnight on-street parking policy.
The fraudulent notice read: “If your vehicle is not registered to an address in a two block radius of where you are parked, your vehicle will be summoned $100.00 as a first offense. Second offense will be a $150.00 summons and your vehicle will be impounded and subject to additional fines.”
“Please be advised the PCPD is aware of an unlawful parking notice that was circulated by persons unaffiliated with the Village of Port Chester overnight,” police said Monday. “These notices are false — all information detailed on these notices are not to be taken as fact.”
Authorities noted that while the village is working on deploying a resident parking permit program for some streets, “a blanket notice such as this is not an appropriate manner of communication nor one it would use — the village does not place notices or advertisements on vehicles.”
The Port Chester Police Department is actively investigating the origin of the hoax notices and who is responsible.
Residents who found the fake notices on their vehicles or who live in affected areas are encouraged to contact PCPD with any information, photos, or video footage from home camera systems that may help identify the perpetrators.
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