Hettich v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing

NEWMAN, Judge.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) sustaining the statutory appeal of Gerard Francis Hettich (Licensee) from thirty different notices of suspension and revocation issued by the Department.

Licensee was arrested for his participation in the operation of a “chop shop.”1 On October 5, 1992, Licensee entered a guilty plea to sixteen counts of removal or falsification of vehicle identification numbers (VINs), dealing in automobiles with removed or…