Stupid Non-Crime of the Week
by TChris
Deborah Trautwine didn't mean to commit a crime when she paid for her purchase at a Pennsylvania Fashion Bug using a $200 bill bearing the picture of President Bush. According to her attorney, Trautwine didn't know that the bill wasn't actual legal tender.
Neither did the clerk, who gave Trautwine $100.58 in change.
The back of the phony bill depicted the White House with several signs erected on the front lawn, including those reading "We Like Broccoli" and "USA Deserves A Tax Cut."
Charges against Trautwine were dropped after she paid for her clothes with real currency.
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