DMV Offices

The state Department of Transportation said last week that two Division of Motor Vehicles offices in the Triad have been shut down after authorities investigated questionable activity at each location. The department said Friday in a statement that the DMV License and Theft bureau has been investigating fraudulent activity for the past year at the offices in High Point and Thomasville. Local, state and federal authorities have also been investigating.
The closures are permanent, said DOT spokeswoman Marge Howell in a telephone interview. Howell wouldn't elaborate on the nature of the investigation, but said no charges have been filed. The High Point office had been under contract to Judith D. Hancock since 1994, while the Thomasville location was under contract to Danny Michael Hancock since 1997. Howell said the two are married. She said the Hancocks are not state employees but were under contract to provide services such as license plates, titles and registrations for vehicles. Neither of the Hancocks could be reached for comment Friday. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, 7/11/08).