July 23, 2008
Worst. Forgery. Ever.
Scott Meherg, of Des Plaines, has been indicted on two counts of forgery and two counts of theft for using a forged check to buy a rare 1963 Spider-Man comic book for $980 from Graham Crackers Comics in Naperville. It was the second-ever issue in the original series of the Marvel comic. Meherg allegedly used a forged LaSalle Bank check to purchase the comic in December 2007; he faces up to five years in prison if convicted. Also? The Trib uses Wikipedia as a source.
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i've loving all "the simpsons" graphics today!
if the trib used wiki as a source, why couldn't my college professor have?
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Federal Appellate Courts use it as a source!
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9a07e0df143ff93aa15752c0a9619c8b63&sec=&spon=&&scp=2&sq=wikipedia%20court%20source&st=cse
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Just goes to show you what this society values most.
Forge a check for a lousy nine hundred bucks or something as harmless as having a little weed and get sent up the river...and there are murderers walking the streets.
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(and I forgot to mention rapists)
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i'm surprised the second issue ever of Spider-Man is only $980
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i'm surprised that graham crackers comics is still holding its own in naperville after the downtown got turned into a megamall.
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there are people who were found guilty of murder and rape who didn't serve time?
attempting to steal $1,000 from a small business deserves a severe punishment
i do agree about weed though. that should definately be legal
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Also? The Trib uses Wikipedia as a source.
I believe that sound you hear is the devil bestride a snowblower.
I'm shocked Graham Cracker accepted a check of any kind.
By the way, a Mint copy of the comic goes for 40 GRAND. It looks like he was getting a "Very Good/Fine" copy at best, according to the Comicbookpriceguide.com
He wasn't even stealing a really snazzy one. FAIL.
http://www.comicspriceguide.com/p-indiv.asp?comicTableID=6773
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Yeah, people who commit check fraud shouldn't go to jail. The government is just trying to keep us down.
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[Setting: sports bar, half-filled with patrons. Moderately attractive woman sits at bar by herself. Average looking man appears in his late 20s / early 30s. He's holding a beer. Scruffy hair and five o'clock shadow. He's wearing gym shoes, jeans and a Han Solo t-shirt. He approaches woman.]
Male: Hi there. Can I buy you a drink?
Female: Ummm...OK, I guess.
Male: Mind if I sit down? I promise I won't bite.
Female: Ummm...OK.
Male: What are you doing here all by yourself?
Female: I'm not. My girlfriend just went to the bathroom.
Male: Oh.
Female: What are you doing here all by yourself?
Male: Oh, just blowing off steam. Had a long day.
Female: Where do you work?
Male: I work at a comic books store.
Female: Oh, that's nice. Is it around here?
Male: No, it's in Naperville. It's called Graham Crackers Comics.
[Pause. Woman gives quick look of shock that breaks into hysterical laughter. She tries to cover her mouth, but her stomach hurts so much from the laughing that she cannot.]
Female: Did you just say you work at a place called Graham Crackers! And you actually admitted it? And you wanted to buy me a drink!
[She continues to laugh, grabs purse and walks to another table.]