💾 Archived View for gmi.noulin.net › mobileNews › 711.gmi captured on 2024-08-18 at 23:26:29. Gemini links have been rewritten to link to archived content

View Raw

More Information

⬅️ Previous capture (2024-05-10)

-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Fla. woman chooses to go jail over $7.45 bill

2008-10-21 09:24:06

Tue Oct 21, 12:12 am ET

FORT PIERCE, Fla. A woman decided to go to jail rather than pay her bill at a Fort Pierce Waffle House restaurant. The total she went to jail over: $7.45. According to a police report, Maryanne O'Neill, 66, ordered coffee and a sandwich at a Waffle House restaurant on Saturday but refused to pay the bill.

The report said an officer asked her to pay or go to jail and she refused.

A jail official said she was released Monday from the St. Lucie County Jail. She was charged with obtaining food or lodging with intent to defraud, a second degree misdemeanor.

If convicted of a second degree misdemeanor she could face up to 60 days in jail and a fine of $50