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Man Who Paid $5 Ticket With Excrement Bills Gets $250 Fine

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  • Man Who Paid $5 Ticket With Excrement Bills Gets $250 Fine

    From phillyburbs.com

    <i>A psychiatrist who police say smeared excrement on dollars bills used to pay a parking ticket has been fined $250.

    Ronald Preston McPike, 52, of Bonaparte, was charged with harassment of a public official after officials received an envelop in July labeled "Foreign brown substance on bills." The envelope contained several dollar bills and a parking ticket made up to McPike, police said.

    Tests indicated the brown substance was fecal matter that had been smeared on the bills.

    McPike told police the money fell into a toilet and was retrieved to pay the $5 parking ticket, police said.

    Assistant Des Moines County Attorney Heidi Van Winkle had sought the maximum $500 fine and 30 days in jail for McPike...</i> <A HREF="http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/84-12092004-414443.html">Entire Story Here</A>
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