21.2.09
A 38 year old female firefighter, Cindy Economou, from Port St. Lucie, Fla. was arrested for stealing a foot from a crime scene. Cindy said she needed the appendage to train her cadaver dog.
The police arrested her with only second degree theft because the warrant listed the foot's value at under $100. This is only punishable by a maximum 60 days in jail.
“I think the issue here for everyone was unfortunately the value of the foot,” said Lt. Tim Frith, FHP spokesman. “This particular bizarre incident involving a body part is not listed in the statute as far as specifying it, so therefore it would relate back to some type of monetary value.”
The craziest part is Mr. Lambert is still alive and wants his foot back. He is wheelchair ridden since the accident, but maintains the right to his property.
However, $100? It seems that a foot should be worth a whole lot more than a clean Benjamin, right? I looked at the http://www.oneplusyou.com/bb/cadaver website to determine my own foot's worth, since no one should trust Florida police or any part of its judicial system. Sadly, I am only worth about $5200, my whole body, head to toe. On the plus side, I have calculated my foot's worth at almost $321. Not what I had hoped, but way more than Mr. Lambert's, and sometimes that's all you need.