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Hell Hath No Fury Like a Duped Girl Scout Troop

By Bruce Carton

To the woman with the short blond hair and "one tooth," who was wearing a black jacket and red gloves with her "stomach hanging out:" Girl Scout Troop 1204 knows what you did. According to the girls of Troop 1204, a woman matching this description bought five boxes of cookies from them at the Albertsons grocery store in Victorville, Calif., using a fake $100 bill. Troop leader Denielle Knight is understandably troubled by the incident and the troop's victimization, but CBS reports that the Troop remains optimistic, with their "heads up and confident." "Detectives" are reportedly now on the case, as well, and there is the possibility that surveillance video at the grocery store may help detectives apprehend the one-toothed, out-of-shape counterfeiter. If police sketch artists ever release a portrait of the alleged perpetrator, I will surely update this post with the sketch to aid in their effort. In the meantime, here is a video report:

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on February 22, 2010 (boomark / email).