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Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
By Claudine Zap
No lucky pennies here: Police have charged Jason West, an aggrieved medical
patient in Vernal, Utah, with disorderly conduct. His alleged crime?
Attempting to pay a disputed medical bill of $25 entirely in pennies.
The story, reported in the Salt Lake City Deseret News, describes the "penny
offense" this way: West, 38, did not believe he owed the medical clinic $25
but came in to pay the fee in person. He first asked the clinic staff if
the facility accepted cash payments, and then dumped 2,500 pennies onto the
counter and demanded that they be counted.
But West apparently hadn't counted on the clinic calling the police; the
arresting officer contended that West's protest served "no legitimate
purpose." The charge carries a fine that can go as high as $140--and there's
no word as yet on what currency West will use to pay it.
West isn't alone in the ranks of penny protesters. A wise guy in Frederick,
Maryland, showed up at the county clerk's office last summer with bags of
cash to pay off his tax bill with $966.86 in change.
And a New Jersey school district a few years back punished 29 students who
paid for their $2 school lunches in pennies--possibly as a prank--with two-
day detentions. After parents protested, the students were pardoned. The
school explained that the use of the small change slowed down the lunch line.
(David Zalubowski/AP) |
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