Darwin Award of the Day

[Jazzie]

You've got to love this .... doh!

NJ man accused of using fake bills to pay bail, then returning to police to ask to get it back

Published July 15, 2010


Authorities said a New Jersey man charged with shoplifting paid his bail with phony money and returned to demand a refund. The man, 25, was arrested July 7, accused of shoplifting at a clothing store and supermarket in Cinnaminson. He was locked up for having two outstanding warrants and paid $400 bail in cash. Police later realized the money was fake.

Before they could find him, the man showed up and argued his bail should have been only $200. He wanted $200 back.

He was charged with counterfeiting and put in Burlington County Jail on $5,000 bail. ___ Information from: Courier-Post, http://www.courierpostonline.com/


Read story here http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/15/nj-man-accused-using-fake-bills-pay-bail-returning-police-ask/

 

[MagpieMariner]

Only in the States!
And humans are described as the most intelligent species on the planet. Yeah right.

 

[midfielder]

Thanks Jazzie .. enjoyed reading that...

 

[Jazzie]

Thanks Jazzie .. enjoyed reading that...

Cheers. Will post these totally useless bits of info from time to time ... there is plenty of it!

 

[midfielder]

LOL this guy must be from Newcastle not England ... but he used shotgun to remove a wart on his finger and shot his finger off....

http://www.news.com.au/world/british-man-removes-wart-with-shotgun-also-loses-finger/story-e6frfkyi-1226076615766

British man removes wart with shotgun, also loses finger ;D

Man wanted to remove a wart from his finger
So he got a gun and shot it off (the finger too)
Sentenced to jail, but just glad the wart is gone
A BRITISH man blasted off his own finger with a shotgun to remove a wart that would not clear up with ointments and creams.

Sean Murphy [ just has to be called sean Murphy] , from Doncaster in northern England, got rid of the blemish that had bothered him for more than five years, along with most of his finger, the Doncaster Star reported.

The 38-year-old security guard, who does not regret his extreme method of wart removal, avoided being jailed for illegal possession of a firearm at Doncaster Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Murphy, who was given a suspended 16-week prison sentence, said, "I'm happy with that. I know I could have gone to jail for up to 15 years for a firearms offence. My solicitor did a very good job."

He added, "The best thing is that the wart has gone. It was giving me (a) lot of trouble."

Murphy just has to be a Murphy] said the only reason he shot off most of his finger along with the thumbnail-sized wart in March was because of the weapon's recoil.

"I didn't expect to lose my finger as well when I shot it, but the gun recoiled, and that was it," he said. "The wart was gone, and so was most of my finger. There was nothing left so no chance to re-attach it."

Murphy told the court that he found the shotgun in a hedge in the town earlier in the year. He pleaded guilty to theft of the shotgun by finding and possessing it without a valid firearms certificate.

Richard Haigh, defending, said that Murphy was "a victim of his own stupidity when domestic pressures got to him."

Murphy was also ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid community work and pay costs of $152.



Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world/british-man-removes-wart-with-shotgun-also-loses-finger/story-e6frfkyi-1226076615766#ixzz1PR9e3g93

 

[hasbeen]

No surprises there, anyone ever been to Donny?

 

[Bex]

Yes, but none have returned...