Sep 20, 2006

Man Gets Jail for Fake Newspaper Obit

ABC News: Man Gets Jail for Fake Newspaper Obit
A northeast Iowa man who filed a fake obituary with a newspaper is headed to jail. James Snyder, of Stout, was accused of submitting the obituary for his girlfriend's 17-year-old son to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier last December to get out of work. more>>

I find this really funny.  My question is, if he had made up a fake "son" that died, instead of using a real person that would be seen around town, would he have gotten away with it?  Or if he had gotten caught would he have gotten in as much trouble.  Hmmmm...

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