Post by gato on Aug 2, 2020 12:07:36 GMT -5
A Long Island criminal defendant tried faking his death to avoid a jail sentence, but the phony death certificate his lawyer submitted had a glaring spelling error that made it a dead giveaway for a fraud, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The defendant, Roger Berger of Huntington, New York was indignant. "I used the same spelling (regsitry) that was on the breath certificate I ordered from Nigeria. Now I suppose that's wrong, too?"
Once booked into jail, guards said the other prisoners were taunting Berger with challenges to spell words like, idiote, moroon, and sutpid. "He's found a home", said Custody Sergeant Broadnaxe.
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/long-island-man-fakes-death-certificate-to-avoid-jail-sentence-but-typo-gives-him-away/2524692/
The defendant, Roger Berger of Huntington, New York was indignant. "I used the same spelling (regsitry) that was on the breath certificate I ordered from Nigeria. Now I suppose that's wrong, too?"
Once booked into jail, guards said the other prisoners were taunting Berger with challenges to spell words like, idiote, moroon, and sutpid. "He's found a home", said Custody Sergeant Broadnaxe.
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/long-island-man-fakes-death-certificate-to-avoid-jail-sentence-but-typo-gives-him-away/2524692/
