Jury acquits man of stealing a 99 cent hotdog

*BlackFox · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7923 **Location:**

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A man has been cleared of a theft charge after a bemused jury in Washington state found him not guilty of stealing a 99-cent hot dog.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... cation=rss

He ate the evidence? lulz

Well, taking laws to the extreme... What's your thought on that?

KillAndChill · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 770 **Location:**

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It took jurors about five minutes to reach their verdict in the February trial. Juror Patrick Reeves tells The Spokesman-Review someone would "have to be an idiot" not to realize Richardson simply forgot to pay.

Glad that common sense prevailed.

Tasdik · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 13206 **Location:** Life

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It took jurors about five minutes to reach their verdict in the February trial. Juror Patrick Reeves tells The Spokesman-Review someone would "have to be an idiot" not to realize Richardson simply forgot to pay.

Prosecutor Julie McKay didn't buy that. She says Richardson refused a deal to pay a $200 civil penalty and have the charge dropped.

Why the **** would a man pay a $200 civil penalty for a 99 cent hot dog? Holy shit these people are morons.

CeLL · **Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:54 pm

if he is stealing hotdaogs, he isnt going to pay civil fees. derp.

TheDrop · **Joined:** May 2008 **Posts:** 7150 **Location:** uefa2012

200$ seems a lil high, but 10$ would be good :sohappy:

You cant have people just going around stealing shit cause its only 99cents lol

XMoshe · **Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:06 pm

UnbeatableDevil wrote:

200$ seems a lil high, but 10$ would be good :sohappy:

You cant have people just going around stealing shit cause its only 99cents lol

Yeah but they made alot more costs by making it a lawsuit >.< Might as well throw him in jail for a night and be done with it. But then again if he steals a 99 cent hotdog that jailnight might be much better than that cardboard box around the corner.

CeLL · **Posted:** Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:05 am

200 dollars is the standard court fee for anything.

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

CeLL wrote:

200 dollars is the standard court fee for anything.

here it's $99

_Clitrix_ · **Posted:** Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:15 am

CeLL wrote:

if he is stealing hotdaogs, he isnt going to pay civil fees. derp.

I Am Vegeta · **Posted:** Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:36 pm

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A man has been cleared of a theft charge after a bemused jury in Washington state found him not guilty of stealing a 99-cent hot dog.

John Richardson got the sausage from the self-serve counter of a Cheney, Wash., grocery store in December. He ate it while he shopped but forgot to include it when he paid for his groceries.

Store managers confronted Richardson and called police.

It took jurors about five minutes to reach their verdict in the February trial. Juror Patrick Reeves tells The Spokesman-Review someone would "have to be an idiot" not to realize Richardson simply forgot to pay.

Prosecutor Julie McKay didn't buy that. She says Richardson refused a deal to pay a $200 civil penalty and have the charge dropped.

Store officials declined to comment.

Fury · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 1596 **Location:**

Was hoping he'd get the chair.

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