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Waitress Checks ID, Is Shown Her Own
ap ^ | Aug. 1, 2006

Posted on 08/01/2006 9:35:39 AM PDT by Mount Athos

A bar waitress checking to see if a woman was legally old enough to drink was handed her own stolen driver's license, which was reported missing weeks earlier, police said.

"The odds of this waitress recovering her own license defy calculation," police Capt. Guy Turner said Monday.

Maria Bergan, 23, of Lakewood, was charged Sunday night with identity theft and receiving stolen property. She was arrested at her home in suburban Cleveland and was jailed in Westlake to await a court appearance.

The 22-year-old waitress, whose name was not released, called police last week and said she had been handed her own stolen driver's license by a woman trying to prove she was 21. The woman, who became suspicious of the delay as the waitress went to call police, fled the Moosehead Saloon, but her companion provided her name.

The waitress said she had lost her wallet July 9 at a bar in Lakewood.

The victim also had a credit card stolen. The stolen card has been used to make $1,000 in purchases, Turner said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: dumbcrooks; readmorepostless
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1 posted on 08/01/2006 9:35:39 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos
Note to self:
When using a stolen license, compare its photo to the person asking for it.
2 posted on 08/01/2006 9:38:14 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Mount Athos

Cool. This ought to go to the "stupid crooks" website.


3 posted on 08/01/2006 9:38:34 AM PDT by wolfpat (To connect the dots, you have to collect the dots.)
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To: Mount Athos

Something similar happened to a friend of mine. She was shown an ID which was her best friend's, except it wasn't.


4 posted on 08/01/2006 9:43:20 AM PDT by MarkeyD (The patriotism of the New York Times = The humanity of an Islamic terrorist.)
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To: 1rudeboy

Drivers license photo? Might not help to compare.


5 posted on 08/01/2006 9:45:59 AM PDT by jwalburg (It wasn't the Executive that Thomas Jefferson referred to as "the Despotic Branch.")
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To: Mount Athos

Here's your sign!! If she was wearing her stupid sign she probably would not have asked for ID? LOL


6 posted on 08/01/2006 9:46:21 AM PDT by CIDKauf (No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
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To: Mount Athos
Good thing she's not Helen Thomas (because, after all, there is only one Helen Thomas).

...proof that one can slip Helen into ANY thread. :O)

7 posted on 08/01/2006 9:46:43 AM PDT by jdm
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To: jdm

...and proof that you are the most evil person on FR.

:)


8 posted on 08/01/2006 9:47:45 AM PDT by Killborn (Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
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To: Mount Athos

pwn3d!


9 posted on 08/01/2006 9:49:37 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Rugged individualists of the world, unite!)
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To: Mount Athos

Somehow this remind me of the joke where the blonde cop looks at a compact mirror the blonde driver hands her, then hands it back saying, "Okay, you can go. I didn't realize you were a cop."


10 posted on 08/01/2006 9:51:11 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Mount Athos
The woman, who became suspicious of the delay as the waitress went to call police, fled the Moosehead Saloon, but her companion provided her name.

Worst.
Companion.
Ever.

11 posted on 08/01/2006 9:52:38 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Mount Athos

OK, I don't get it. The woman was 23. Why did she need a phony ID at the bar?


12 posted on 08/01/2006 9:52:47 AM PDT by Rocky (.)
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To: Mount Athos
"The odds of this waitress recovering her own license defy calculation,"

Unless hundreds of them were duplicated and sold.

13 posted on 08/01/2006 9:53:05 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: Rocky

Maybe she was going to write a check?


14 posted on 08/01/2006 9:54:31 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: Mount Athos

dumb crooks, dumb crooks, whatcha gonna dooooo...


15 posted on 08/01/2006 9:55:18 AM PDT by TheRealDBear
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To: Rocky

Think what type of person has difficulty aquiring a state identification card legally


16 posted on 08/01/2006 9:55:30 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Nightshift

ping...


17 posted on 08/01/2006 9:56:00 AM PDT by tutstar (Baptist ping list-freepmail to get on or off)
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To: jdm

Gee....Thanks for the INCOMING warning. Not!
Now I have to sedate the Yorkie.


18 posted on 08/01/2006 9:59:13 AM PDT by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
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The Moosehead Tavern in Westlake is awesome - the name caught my eye - such a cute little place and great food - off topic & now I'm making myself hungry


19 posted on 08/01/2006 10:04:29 AM PDT by LadyBuzz
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To: wolfpat

The stupid crooks website. You must be talking about DU.


20 posted on 08/01/2006 10:05:13 AM PDT by stbdside
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