SEATTLE - Red-light cameras are popping up all over Western Washington. One at Fairview and Denny has caught hundreds of drivers red-handed.

We found a case where a man was photographed three times in a matter of months.

Who is this guy with the lead foot?

We tracked him down and it's not who police had on the hook.

If you blow through a red light at the busiest intersection in Lakewood, you might as well smile.

Cameras are snapping photos of you in the act.

Arnie Henyan knows all about those cameras and the tickets that come with them.

"The first one was dated May 28, and I got it in early June," he said. "Three months later, I got another one… Early January, I received a third one, from the city of SeaTac. Same car, same plate."

The tickets were issued to his son, who owns a 1998 Honda Coupe with the license 470-MOI. Arnie fought the tickets, insisting his son was innocent.

"I kind of laughed, because it's an impossibility," Henyan said. "He's in Iraq. Has been since April."

Sergeant first class Kevin Henyan is with a Fort Lewis Stryker brigade. While stationed in Tikrit, his car's been in storage.

So how did the sergeant get ticketed while at war?

If you look closely at the photo taken by the red light camera: the license plate is actually 470-MDI – not MOI. Officers approve all tickets before they go out. But both Lakewood and SeaTac misread the "D" for an "O." And they missed another clue: The photos show a silver sedan running a red.

"It's a silver car and my son's is black. It's a four-door car and my son's is a two-door coupe," Arnie Henyan said.

Lakewood police say not all that car data is sent to them for the verification process.

"Our officers are approving hundreds of these every week," said Lt. Heidi Hoffman, of Lakewood police. "I think it could improve if the verification system showed more complete vehicle registration data on the screen that our officers are using to process these citations."

We tracked down the real red light runner - the guy with the plate 470-MDI. He says other people were driving it at the time, but takes full responsibility.

"If it's my ticket then I definitely need to pay it," he said.

Sergeant Henyan is scheduled to come back home in July. His dad's not only counting bogus tickets, but the days until that homecoming.

"We've only got six months to go," Henyan said. "I sure hope we don't get another one."

Lakewood dismissed their two tickets last month and just today, Arnie Henyan got a letter from SeaTac dismissing their ticket.

So what did Sergeant Henyan say about the mix-up from Iraq?

He told his dad to call us!

Cities in Washington state using or considering red light cameras include:

Auburn

Bellevue (considering)

Bremerton

Burien

Everett (hasn't started yet)

Fife

Lacey (hasn't started yet)

Lakewood

Lynnwood

Maple Valley (consideration)

Mill Creek

Monroe

Moses Lake

Mountlake Terrace

Puyallup

Sea Tac

Seattle

Tacoma