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He was arrested and the county got a bill for his $102,000 heart operation.
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One reads that a Knox County man is resting comfortably in Pen Bay hospital after having a $102,000 heart bypass operation, and will be returned to the county jail in a week, according to jail administrators.
This man experienced severe chest pains last Thursday afternoon and knew that he was having a heart attack.
Realizing that he and his family would lose their home because he could never pay for his medical expenses, he quickly dialed 911, dragged himself out of the house, and, with his last remaining ounce of strength, emptied his pistol into the windows of the vacant house next door.
He was immediately arrested for illegal discharge of a firearm and taken to the hospital. Because he was a prisoner at the time, taxpayers will be presented with his medical bill.
According to my friend lawyer Crandall, case law indicates that the county is responsible for these bills. Until t...
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