{"id":3596,"date":"2007-10-16T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/woman-cited-for-swearing-at-he.html"},"modified":"2007-10-16T19:20:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-16T19:20:00","slug":"woman-cited-for-swearing-at-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/woman-cited-for-swearing-at-he.html","title":{"rendered":"Woman cited for swearing at her toilet"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is absolutely ridiculous<\/a>! There is no reason that a woman can’t swear at her toilet in the privacy of her bathroom. I think that it’s an invasion of privacy that a cop was listening to her swear.<\/p>\n

A West Scranton woman could face up to 90 days in jail and a fine of up to $300 for allegedly shouting profanities at an overflowing toilet while inside her Luzerne Street home.
\nDawn Herb, whose potty mouth caught the attention of an off-duty police officer, was charged with disorderly conduct recently, prompting her to fire off a letter to the editor and vow to fight the charge.
\n“It doesn’t make any sense. I was in my house. It’s not like I was outside or drunk,” said Ms. Herb, who resides at 924 Luzerne St. along with her four young children. “A cop can charge you with disorderly conduct for disrespecting them?”
\nThe obscenities hit the fan when she battled her overflowing toilet around 8 p.m. Thursday, she said.
\nAlthough Ms. Herb doesn’t recall exactly what she said, she admitted that she was frustrated and let more than a few choice words fly. Unfortunately, it was near an open bathroom window.
\n“The toilet was overflowing and leaking down into the kitchen and I was yelling (for my daughter) to get the mop,” she said. “A guy is yelling, \u2018Shut the f— up,’ and I yelled back, \u2018Mind your own business.’ ”
\nHer next-door neighbor, Patrick Gilman, a city police officer who was off-duty at the time, apparently had enough of Ms. Herb’s foul mouth and asked her to keep it down, police said. When Ms. Herb didn’t stop, he called the police.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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