Dumbfuckers and Stupid Criminals (Subtitle: What Were They Thinking?)

[Philip Coates]

In my quest to start the new year off in a benevolent note, I decided to start this new thread. Entry number one ==>

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" Lexington man charged with making a fake $1 million bill and trying to spend it

Winston-Salem Journal, December 31, 2011

...A Lexington man is accused trying to use a fake $1 million bill to pay for his purchases at a Walmart.

Michael Anthony Fuller, 53, of 3 Parker St., walked into the Walmart on Lowes Boulevard in Lexington on Nov. 17. He shopped for a while, picking up a vacuum cleaner, a microwave oven and other merchandise, totaling $476...When he got to the register, Fuller gave the cashier the phony bill, saying that it was real.

Store staff called police.

Fuller was later charged with attempting to obtain property by false pretense and uttering a forged instrument, both felonies...A warrant says of the fake million-dollar bill: "There is no such thing."

The largest bill in circulation is a $100 bill. In 1969, federal officials discontinued the use of $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills because of lack of public use. The largest note ever printed was the $100,000 bill, which featured President Woodrow Wilson. The bills, which were not available to the public, were printed from Dec. 18, 1934, through Jan. 9, 1935, and were used for transactions between Federal Reserve banks.

Fuller was being held Friday night in the Davidson County Jail with bond set at $17,500. He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday. Lexington police Sgt. Shannon Sharpe said the case is unusual. "It is kind of strange"

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[Peter]

Phil, this is your conscience speaking. Please stop using profanity. It should be saved for the rare interpersonal moment that requires it, and never in print.

Jiminy Cricket

[Philip Coates]

dear Jiminy, damn right you are....

[BaalChatzaf]

In my quest to start the new year off in a benevolent note, I decided to start this new thread. Entry number one ==>

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" Lexington man charged with making a fake $1 million bill and trying to spend it

Winston-Salem Journal, December 31, 2011

...A Lexington man is accused trying to use a fake $1 million bill to pay for his purchases at a Walmart.

Michael Anthony Fuller, 53, of 3 Parker St., walked into the Walmart on Lowes Boulevard in Lexington on Nov. 17. He shopped for a while, picking up a vacuum cleaner, a microwave oven and other merchandise, totaling $476...When he got to the register, Fuller gave the cashier the phony bill, saying that it was real.

Store staff called police.

Fuller was later charged with attempting to obtain property by false pretense and uttering a forged instrument, both felonies...A warrant says of the fake million-dollar bill: "There is no such thing."

The largest bill in circulation is a $100 bill. In 1969, federal officials discontinued the use of $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills because of lack of public use. The largest note ever printed was the $100,000 bill, which featured President Woodrow Wilson. The bills, which were not available to the public, were printed from Dec. 18, 1934, through Jan. 9, 1935, and were used for transactions between Federal Reserve banks.

Fuller was being held Friday night in the Davidson County Jail with bond set at $17,500. He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday. Lexington police Sgt. Shannon Sharpe said the case is unusual. "It is kind of strange"

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If he makes bail, what will he pay it with I wonder.

Ba'al Chatzaf