You’re cruising along chatting on your cell phone when you get busted. You get a ticket for using that cell phone, and the cop says it’s going to cost $20 plus fees. Cool, only $20 plus fees. How much could fees be? A lot, it turns out. Christine Gentry, court operations manager for the Sonoma County court system, gave this breakdown: –$20 is the base fine for using that cell phone illegally. Then there are the fees, all approved by… Read More »