74 Year Old Widow Jailed for $1,300 Sewage Bill
CHARLEROI, Pa. — A 74-year-old Charleroi woman spent the night behind bars after a sewage bill went unpaid.Darlene Pennline spent the night in the Washington County Jail because she failed to pay her sewage bill and the fines that followed.“I went to the constable’s car and went to jail,” said Pennline.After getting three summary offenses for about $100 in late sewage bills, Pennline owed more than $1,300, including fines after repeatedly violating her payment schedule.On Tuesday, Magistrate Larry Hopkins ordered her to be handcuffed and jailed for 31 days.Charleroi enacted an ordinance three years ago that assesses sewage customers $45 a quarter to pay for a multimillion-dollar sewer project.
This is unbelievable that the police even wasted their time arresting this poor old lady for a civil debt. This show’s that corporations are taking too much of a lead on running our lives!
