Man Fakes Crash To Avoid Jury Duty

A Morrison, Illinois, man has been sentenced to 30 days of home confinement for faking a car accident to avoid having to show up for jury duty. Gerald Lee Mance, 60, admitted in court that he took a blank traffic accident report from the home of a friend who is a cop and used it to concoct a story about striking a deer so he didn’t have to attend the second day of a jury selection process. Mance faxed a copy of the fake report to the district court clerk’s office. The judge sentenced Mance to 30 days of home confinement, 90 days of probation, and 100 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.