Crazy

$21 theft, $1 million bond

A 41-year-old Kentucky man was charged with disorderly conduct at a motel, plead guilty and was sentenced to a day in jail in Hamilton County, Ohio. That should have been the end of it, right?

But he had a theft charge on his record from 18 years ago. A judge, Richard Bernat, has ordered him to be held on a $1 million bond and refused to reduce it. Gosh, he must have taken people's life savings or something.

No. Authorities say that back in 1990 he bought items at a store valued at $21.64, paying the bill with rolls of dimes. Store employees later discovered they were rolls of pennies, and he was charged with theft.

Not to play the race card, but I'd really like to know if Gary Weaver is black. What on earth is going on in the mind of this judge that a bond would be set so high for a misdemeanor from 18 years ago? Why is this man in an overcrowded jail when there are plenty of violent criminals to make an example of? And shouldn't there be a statute of limitations on this? This is so weird.