DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — A man who wrote a vulgar message on the memo line of a check he used to pay a $5 parking ticket has apologized in writing, leading police to drop a disorderly- conduct charge against him.
Clerks were offended by the message, and the disorderly- conduct charge was filed because the comment was obscene, Police Chief James Donnelly said.
“He was contrite enough to offer an apology, and I think that satisfies the people who were insulted by it,” he said.
The lawyer for David Binner, 45, said his client would have prevailed if he went through a trial.
“The F-word isn’t what it used to be,” attorney Keith Williams said.
It doesn’t have a sexual connotation anymore and can’t be considered obscene, he said.
Williams said his client will pay the fine and court costs.
