When Posting Bail, Use Real Money!

According to Philly.com a Camden, NJ man attempted to post his $400 bond using counterfeit money.  Here's Peter Mucha's story:

"Most people post bail to stay out of jail.  Not to risk a lot more time there. According to Cinnaminson Police, a Camden man included counterfeit $20 bills while paying his $400 bail on July 7th.

Lousy counterfeit $20s. Run off on a color copier, apparently. 'They're pretty poor. I didn't have to touch them and I knew they were bad,' said Detective Sgt. William K. Covert.  They were almost as obvious as the copies of $1 bills he's seen created by students trying to fool soda machines. The paper didn't feel right. It lacked the colored threads. And Andrew Jackson's face was kind of fuzzy.

Ronald White, 35, was arrested for several counts of shoplifting from a Burlington Coat Factory and Shop-Rite on Route 130. He had $900 in cash on him, not all of it counterfeit."
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Mr. White leapfrogged from a misdemeanor theft to felony federal counterfeiting.  What an idiot.

I Won't Run Away, I Promise, Judge

Taney County, Missouri Circuit Court Judge Tony Williams is not running for reelection according to reports in the Springfield, Mo News-Leader.  His Honor, inadvertently, announced this decision with his ORDER releasing a Florida fugitive on the lam for 30 years on a "pair of $12,500 bonds."   Richardson who has been running a lawn care business in Branson, Mo. for many years was picked up after Florida renewed a fugitive search program that had not been pursued in many years.

Oscar Eugene Richardson (pics), 61, walked away from a Kissammee, Florida prison farm while serving time on weapons charges.  Richardson was an armed robber.  He had 8 years remaining on the ten year term he was serving.

The head-scratcher, here, is what the hell is Judge Williams thinking?  Really, the purpose of bail or bond is to guarantee your appearnace in court.  Mr. Richardson has already objectively flunked by virtue of his escape from the Florida peanl system.  Wow.