Pay Your Bill with Cash, Get a Ticket for Disturbing the Peace

A Utah man paid a disputed $25 medical bill with pennies and ended up in custody according to a story at the Dutluth News Tribune.  Here's an excerpt from the Associated Press account:

"A Utah man has been cited on a charge of disorderly conduct after paying for a disputed medical bill with 2,500 pennies. The Deseret News of Salt Lake City reported that Jason West went to Basin Clinic in Vernal on May 27 prepared to dispute an outstanding $25 bill.

Assistant Vernal Police Chief Keith Campbell said that after asking staff members whether they accepted cash, West dumped 2,500 pennies on the counter and demanded that staff count them.

[According to the citation] West's action served 'no legitimate purpose.'

Police later issued the 38-year-old West a citation for disorderly conduct. That carries a fine of as much as $140. Or 14,000 pennies."

Taco Bell Taco Toss

The Anchorage Daily News reports on the drive-thru Taco Bell Taco Tosser (why can't there be a taser in this story?) The ADN story is courtesy of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, in any event this is the tale of taco woe:

"A Fairbanks man who turned his taco into a weapon has been sentenced to $100 in fines, one day in jail and one year probation. 'Warren E. Strickland, 31, of Fairbanks, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct Tuesday for throwing a double-decker taco at a manager of the Taco Bell restaurant,' writes the [Fairbanks] News-Miner. 'Strickland said he was upset during the Jan. 14 incident because a taco contained spit after he had been through the drive-thru twice to correct his order.' The restaurant denies the spit charge and says Strickland was trying to get free food."

The good news, according to the longer version of this story  at newsminer.com is that the terms of probation will keep this poor schmuck from eating that crap for a year.