Jury Acquits Man of Stealing 99-cent Hot Dog


A jury in Washington has dismissed theft charges against a man accused of stealing, wait for it, a 99-cent hot dog. Reading the details, it sounds like an honest mistake: The guy was shopping at the grocery store when he fixed himself a hot dog at a self-serve counter. He paid for $28 in groceries but forgot to pay for his snack. When confronted by the store’s owners, he offered to pay for the hot dog but they elected to call the cops instead. The Spokane Spokesman-Review says it took about five minutes for the “baffled jury” to come to their decision. Figuring in the cost of a trial, that hot dog turned out to cost taxpayers a whole lot more than just a dollar. Hope it was good.

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