Waitress Shown Own License When Asking For ID

AlexsPajamaMama wrote: Waitress Shown Own License When Asking For ID

UPDATED: 9:39 am EDT August 1, 2006

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WESTLAKE, Ohio -- Maybe she should have paid better attention to her server.

Last week, a waitress at the Moosehead Saloon in Westlake, Ohio, asked a woman to show proof of age after the customer ordered a drink. When the waitress looked at the ID, she realized the customer's ID was actually her own license, police said.

The waitress, a 22-year-old Lakewood, Ohio, woman, had reported her wallet stolen from a bar on July 9. Her driver's license and credit card were in the wallet. The credit card had already been used for $1,000 in illicit purchases, police said.



As the waitress called police, the woman apparently got suspicious and took off, according to police. She was identified by a friend as Maria Bergan, 23.

Bergan was arrested at her home Saturday night and remains in the Westlake City Jail. She has been charged with identity theft and receiving stolen property.

Police Captain Guy Turner said the odds of something like that happening defy calculation.

holley79 replied: I know it's not funny but it is. That needs to be on the top 10 stupidest criminals list.

mammag replied: Man what an idiot! First of all for stealing it in the first place but then to show it to the person you stole it from....

That is too much!

Glad they got her though!

AlexsPajamaMama replied:
I agree!

Kaitlin'smom replied: they talked about this on the radio this moring.....sorry but it was kinda funny how dumb was she to not pay any attention, heck she was old enough to drink why not show her own? Glad she got caught.

mammag replied:
That's a very good question. Why would she need to use someone else's id? Unless she was trying to use the credit card too but I would imagine they had all been canceled if she already knew $1000 had been used.....really odd.

My2Beauties replied: Glad she made that stupid mistake!

BAC'sMom replied: That's crazy.

Boo&BugsMom replied: What a moron!

punkeemunkee'smom replied: I don't know if I am more shocked at her stupidity for showing the waitress her own lisence OR for not using her own...the article said she was 23...so she could drink using her own idenity What a total I am glad she got caught!

Boo&BugsMom replied:
I am guessing she planned on using her credit card. Even if it was cancelled, she may not have known about it. Perhaps?

luvmykids replied: Add another to the Dumb Criminals list