Non-cents

Frank Gilberti thought that his traffic ticket was "non-cents." He noticed that the Bloomfield, New Jersey, municipal court accepts cash to pay the fine, so he decided to pay with real cents - $56 in pennies to be precise.

That’s when he got into more trouble.

"I went to the bank and got $56 worth of rolled pennies and went down to the court house and they refused to take it. They had told me to bring cash. I was under the assumption this was cash." Pennies are legal tender, and at the courthouse there is a sign saying cash is accepted. He called the court and convinced workers there to take his pennies, but there was a condition — that he write his driver’s license number on each roll. "I simply asked them if I would have to do just this if I were handing in $56 bill. Would I have to write my driver’s license number on each bill? They had no response," Gilberti said. "Then I found out there was a warrant out for my arrest." Stay classy, New Jersey...