Gregory forwarded:

> The diner, Humberto A. Taveras, 41, was arrested, fingerprinted and
> photographed for a mug shot in Lake George, a resort village about 60
> miles north of Albany, but he did not produce the $13.73 tip, which is a
> little less than 18 percent of the $77.43 cost of his meal. He faces a
> misdemeanor charge of theft of services and, if convicted, could serve up
> to a year in jail, said Larry J. Cleveland, the Warren County sheriff.


Taveras got off easy. Anybody remember THIS story?

Customer stabbed, apparently over tip
Couple refused to pay billed gratuity; police arrest Clemmons man

By Lisa Hoppenjans
JOURNAL REPORTER

A man was stabbed in his back outside a Clemmons restaurant Friday night
after he failed to pay the tip that had been automatically included in the
bill for his wife's birthday dinner.

Anthony Wayne Palmer was attacked in the parking lot of the Sagebrush of
Clemmons Inc. on Lewisville-Clemmons Road by two customers, said Lt. Brad
Stanley of the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office. The attack happened after
Palmer and his relatives paid tips less than the automatic gratuity included
in their checks, or left no tip at all, Stanley said.

(full story at
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Sa...=1031775110313)

Bob