Posted on 12/15/2005 10:22:40 AM PST by kingattax
School Cashier Turned Money In ---
(CBS) GARY, Ind. A cafeteria worker at an elementary school in northwest Indiana thought it was odd that a 4th grader was paying for lunch with a $20.
According to our news partner, the Post-Tribune, the fourth grader from Gary tried to pay for his food at the school cafeteria with a $20 bill. The money looked real enough, but since kids don’t normally flash such a large wad around school, the cashier turned it in.
Turns out, that's not the only thing that was odd .The cash was counterfeit.
The 10-year-old boy admitted he made the cash on his home computer. Police say he enlisted the help of another boy and a girl to help him pass off the cash:
"We were very surprised. We're working with the Secret Service and they say this is the youngest they've ever seen. And, some of it is pretty good quality for a 10-year-old to do by himself," said Det. Cpl. Darlene Breitenstein with the Gary Police Department.
But there were several giveaways that the bills weren't quite right. All of the serial numbers were the same. Some of the bills weren't cut too well, and the paper didn't feel right.
The three children face charges of forgery and theft.
HAHA
LOL!
No doubt his report card reflects straight As also.
And he probably likes the photo on his driver's "license".
I'm surprised they were even able to spot a fake $20.
"I'd just make sure that he understood that what he did was wrong (questionable; he's only 10)"
If the kid doesn't know it's wrong, he needs to be in special ed.
...only to be tripped up by the fact that they can't make change for a $20, either...
At least he didn't exchange his fake money with the money in his dad's wallet or mom's purse (Ohhh, better not give the bugger any ideas).
I read this to say...so he could pass the bar.
It made sense.
The ACLU will defend them, and the Democrats will voice outrage if they're punished.
Alright, dammit, I have had it with these lawyer jokes! My chosen profession may have its bottom-feeding scum, but most of us are very ethical, and...
Oh, pass it IN A bar. Never mind.
Yeah, he could have been Mister 880 Jr.
(For those who don't know, Mister 880 was one of the Secret Services most famous cases, in which a counterfeiter forged just two one-dollar bills each week, and eluded them for ten years. 880 was the case number.)
I recall reading about a girl in KC who used a computer to counterfeit some $20 bills, and then went to an amusement park to spend them!
Mark
LOL! Dang, I needed that.
Too bad he didn't pay off the bullies with the fakes, and bought his food with the real thing.
The kid's ten. He probably doesn't understand why counterfeiting is wrong, let alone that it's stealing. I agree that he needs to be taught a lesson, though.
FUTURE FED CHAIRMAN!
He's a thief.
Cut both his hands off as a warning to his other smartass little thieving friends.
I wonder if the kid is related to someone we know
beat me too it!
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