Curse Word On Check May Cost Jail Time

[The Straight Story]

Curse Word On Check May Cost Jail Time

POSTED: 7:30 am EDT June 27, 2006

BERKLEY, Mich. -- The parking fine was $10. But the comment Robert Militzer added to the check could land him in jail for 30 days.

The computer programmer from Allen Park got the ticket May 29. When Militzer wrote the check to Berkley District Court, he scribbled on the memo line, "BULL (expletive) MONEY GRAB."

That got Militzer an in-person court appearance -- on a contempt of court charge.

He's scheduled to go before a judge Wednesday, accompanied by an American Civil Liberties Union attorney who will argue Militzer's remark is protected by the First Amendment.

Militzer, 38, was ticketed for parking in front of a friend's house overnight. He said he obeyed signs prohibiting parking between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. during previous visits, but the signs weren't there the morning he was cited.

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[phillinweird247]

1. I wrote FU on my excise tax check! NT

[Sequoia]

2. I know a person who, when issued a traffic ticket

signed his name as Charlie F^*%ing Capp. And the officer said, something like, oh, so's that's your name, Mr. Charlie F^*%ing Capp?

No trouble though, and we're talking Los Angeles.

[MADem]

3. It's HIS check, it's HIS memo line, and I think they are infringing on his

speech, frankly. I hope his lawyer prevails for him.