You should have left your car in NC...that commonwealth to the north of us is full of people just looking to rip you off. How much is a speeding ticket up there again? Last I heard it was around $900...and god forbid you cross in to VA carrying anything they deem illegal (radar jammer/detector). I used to have to drive to Danville every week on the Berryhill road, the "Speed limit enforced by aircraft" signs used to always make me laugh.
If I were you I'd let the courts deal with it and fix it myself (if possible, personally I'm lost without the damn manual

).
Hope you get your car back soon...at least the cops don't have it though, right?