A little fame goes a long way--especially when you're Emmanuel Lewis.
The pint-sized Webster alter ego managed to escape unscathed from a speeding ticket this week thanks to a star-struck police officer.
The lead-footed Lewis, whose preferred mode of locomotion in the '80s was being toted around in Michael Jackson's arms, was clocked doing 70 in a 45 mph zone in the rural Georgia speed-trap town of Warwick on Tuesday.
Officer Ron Kirk tagged Lewis as the actor raced up State Route 300. An Atlanta resident, Lewis was hauling an SUV back to his home that he had purchased in Albany, in the southern part of the state.
Kirk pulled over the rig and immediately recognized the 33-year-old Lewis.
"Well, I grew up watching him and he was very nice and professional, so I just gave him a courtesy warning," Kirk told Albany television station WALB.
Before he let Lewis go, however, Kirk requested and received an autograph. The former child star also posed for a photo op with Kirk and the town's police chief, Randy Howard Jr.
Kirk told WALB that Warwick gets a good chunk of revenue from speeding tickets. He says that Lewis was likely unfamiliar with the area and didn't realize the speed limit dropped in the town.
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