The souped-up Ford-150 was slammed with 51 traffic summonses from October 2020 to May 2 – including being caught on camera 18 times speeding in school zones and four times running red lights, according to a Post analysis of city records.
The vehicle’s owner – identified as Jose Littef, 21, by his half-brother – was slapped with $3,622 in fines and late fees for the summonses and currently owes $551.94 – including $226.94 on three speed cam summonses in default judgment racking up additional fees.
The black truck’s disturbing exterior includes images of bullet holes, splattered blood and bloodstained handprints – which some might see as a symbol of the infamous Ramallah lynching of 2000, where two Israeli reservists were savagely killed by a murderous mob.
The vehicle’s owner, Jose Littef (left), racked up $3,622 in fines and late fees in less than four years, and currently owes $551.55 – including $226.94 on three speed camera summonses in judgment. Aristide Economopoulos
But for months, the truck illegally parked near the corner of North 4th Street and Bedford Avenue in the heart of the hipster haven and Jewish neighborhood, displaying no registration and inspection stickers and sporting a fake “ghost” plate reading “OH GAZA.”
The Post was only able to review the truck’s violation record after a whistleblower too afraid to give her name provided a photo of the truck taken in April, when it still had legit plates issued in Pennsylvania.
Two weeks ago, cops briefly examined the vehicle’s rear end and questioned whether the “license plate” and window tint were legal, but ultimately walked away without taking action. Aristide Economopoulos Bloody handprints spread across the vehicle’s window are a symbol of the Ramallah lynching in 2000, where two Israeli reservists were savagely killed by a murderous Palestinian mob. Aristide Economopoulos
The vehicle routinely parks illegally near Bedford Avenue and North 4th Street, where its owner runs a food truck business with his half-brother. Aristide Economopoulos
Littef and half-brother Anas Arman, 34, operate The Original Caribbean King food truck on the same corner. Both are of Palestinian descent, according to Arman.
Littef could not be reached for comment, but he and Arman previously claimed the “OH GAZA” plate was legally issued.
Williamsburg resident Michael Safir, who calls the vehicle “Hamas Truck,” said authorities should be doing a better job cracking down on ghost plates.
“If a jacked up F-150 covered in fake blood and bullet holes is getting away with no plates or registration, it makes you wonder just how many ‘normal’ cars are doing the same thing,” Safir said.
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