Gee, I wonder why this guy had trouble cashing a stolen check?

[n2doc]

Man With Obscenity On Forehead Tries To Cash Stolen Check
POSTED: 7:26 pm PDT July 13, 2011

UPDATED: 8:52 am PDT July 14, 2011

REDDING,Calif. -- A Shasta County inmate's picture has gone viral, not because of the crime he's accused of, but because of the tattoo across his forehead.

Investigators say 21 year old Patrick Brooks tried cashing a check from Cottonwood Bible Baptist Church at a check- cashing store on Bechelli Lane Monday. His mugshot shows the prominent tattoo, which features a four-letter word starting with the letter "f."

But store manager, Glenn Bassett got suspicious when he saw Brooks’ forehead which had an obscenity tattooed on it.

The church's telephone number had been crossed out on the check and another one was written in its place.


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[PoliticAverse]

1. And people wonder why criminals wear ski masks... n/t

[DeSwiss]

2. This appears to be.....

...a clear-cut case of an accidental lobotomy while he was having his tattoo etched upon his forehead. That and the fact that he don't look like any deacon I ever saw. I'm sure the judge will allow him to plead diminished capacity.

- It's a good thing he isn't black and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnHi9FBK0e8&feature=player_embedded">trying to cash a check from the same persons who wrote it to him......

K&R

[roguevalley]

27. he is a sorry specimen of humanity, that a person could be raised

so poorly that he does this to himself.

[yellerpup]

3. A Life of Crime was a poor career choice for Patrick.

But at least he'll have a place to stay for a while.

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. I am thinking he made a permanent career choice when he jumped into the tattoo chair.

Dear Lord, does the stupidity ever end?

[yellerpup]

12. He may become the first elective face transplant

patient. He looks quite young to be so angry. I wonder who he will blame when the message on his forehead keeps him from being able to support himself in the future?

[Divernan]

17. Tattoos: A permanent reminder of temporary insanity

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. With that tattooed on his forehead, it's his only career choice

apart, perhaps, from "actor who plays dumb criminals".

[yellerpup]

13. If casting directors need a face like that they will

have it drawn on an actor in the makeup room. When "FU" is the opening statement, you leave yourself no room to bargain. Sad, really. Stupid, but sad.

[lunatica]

6. That explains Idiocracy in our future

[WinkyDink]

7. I guess he didn't get that Wall St job.

[21st Century FDR]

9. You would think he'd be a shoo in for Wall Street, actually.

His tattoo expresses exactly what they say, and do, to all of us on a daily basis.

[WinkyDink]

14. Heh! 'Tis pity 'tis, 'tis true.

[dkf]

8. He really should have thought about using Kat Von D's Tattoo concealer.

[immoderate]

10. He's not cut out for Customer Service.

A missionary perhaps?

--imm

[Ishoutandscream2]

11. Idiot southern rednecks!

Umm, what?

[Courtesy Flush]

28. Where did it say he was Southern?

Or were you just taking an opportunity to gratuitously bash the South?

[Ishoutandscream2]

29. Sarcasm, Courtesy

For all the Texas and southern bashers out there who think only the ignorant exist in the south.

[Bandit]

15. If he is political at all I would bet most anything he is a Republican.

The stupid runs deep in that Party..

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. Guy resembles Timothy McVeigh a little. The mouth, the eyes, the

same look of contemptuous disdain for everyone and everything.

Prime Wall Street CEO material, if I ever saw it.

[Morning Dew]

18. I'd like to hire this guy

as my personal ambassador to the 2012 RNC.

[hatrack]

19. Well, at least it wasn't backwards . . .

:rofl:

[rustydog]

20. Is he a White Supremest too?

[FSogol]

21. I guess, "Always make a good first impression" isn't just a myth.

:shrug:

[FLPanhandle]

22. I'm sure any potential girlfriends family would be thrilled to see this walk in the door.

:rofl:

[Urban Prairie]

26. That tattoo is just pure irony, since it prevents him from being able to "practice" what he preaches

Even if he tries to pay for his pleasure, his message might give a prostitute sufficient reason to pause and think it over first.


:crazy: :silly: :puke: :dunce:

[tuckessee]

23. Not your typical looking Baptist.

No wonder the guy at the check cashing place was suspicious.

[Urban Prairie]

24. Something tells me that he will be the recipient of "hard" time in the near future...

He has made himself into a human "kick me" billboard and is a juicy target for violent attacks by any of his more "sensitive" fellow inmates who might take his message too personally...

[davsand]

25. Have you met our new Youth Minister?

Wow. You can pretty much bet this guy was not the Valedictorian at the seminary...


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On a different note, when my Mom had her heart attack and subsequent open heart surgery last year, she spent a month in a rehab center/nursing home after she left the hospital. I was taking care of her financial stuff for her during that couple of months. This was something she has made contingency plans for since she had put me on her accounts as a signatory. I was amazed, as well as horrified, to realize very quickly that NOBODY ever questioned me writing checks on her account. Yes, I did get asked for an ID most of the time, but they just wrote down the information I gave them and handed over whatever I was buying. I had her credit cards and her checkbook, and not ONE freaking time did I get asked about the difference in our names (I sam married with a different last name) and nobody ever asked about the checks.

I suppose it is possible that since I was buying stuff for an 80 year old lady in a nursing home, nobody red flagged it (I wasn't buying big screen TVs or high ticket stuff) but even so, it creeped me out big time. I had NO idea how easy it is to pass checks that are not your own.




Laura