[barend]

Butts charged with stealing toilet paper
Jun 11, 6:40 PM ET

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa - Police blame a woman named Butts for stealing toilet paper from a central Iowa courthouse, and while they're chuckling, the theft charge could put her in prison.

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"She's facing potentially three years of incarceration for three rolls of toilet paper," Chief Lon Walker said, stifling a laugh as he talked to KCCI-TV about Suzanne Marie Butts. "See, I can't say it with a straight face."

Workers had noticed the rolls disappearing from the Marshall County Courthouse much faster than usual, Walker said.

Butts, 38, was caught last week after an employee saw her taking three rolls of two-ply tissue from a storage closet, Walker said.

Butts insisted it was the first time she'd pilfered toilet paper, but she declined to answer further questions on her attorney's advice.

The fifth-degree theft charge, a misdemeanor, normally carries a sentence of less than a year in jail. But Butts could face more time if convicted under the state's habitual offender law because she has prior theft convictions.

Walker did not know why Butts was at the courthouse, but said that she did not work there.


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hmmm... well the article pretty much speaks for itself.

butt seriously, who thinks it's a good idea to steal from judges?

[Deepsycher]

I think: Toilet Butt gets court martialed over paper.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 14 June 2007 - 05:18 AM

[David-kyo]

Butt seriously now, 3 years for such an offence?

[Deepsycher]

And one cell lost to the real criminals and murderers yet to be captured.

[Emu]

the only motive I can think of is that she thought it would make a funny headline when she got caught.

I mean, seriously! who steals toilet paper from a courthouse?!

it's all rather silly. no ifs, ands, or butts about it.

:ninja vanish:

This post has been edited by Emu: 17 June 2007 - 01:38 PM