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She showed up at weddings uninvited, mingled with guests and never left empty-handed. A 
Spokane woman’s wedding-crashing scheme unraveled last summer when an old high school classmate – and off-duty police officer – recognized her at a wedding where she wasn’t an invited guest. When the hosts discovered missing gifts, they realized they’d been looted. Now Pamula W. McBride, 46, will serve 45 days in jail for stealing gift cards and personal checks from a wedding in Nez Perce County, Idaho, last June. Police also suspect McBride stole similar items from the gift table at Scott Drago’s wedding reception at Cataldo Hall on the Gonzaga University campus July 18, nearly one month after she stole from a wedding at the Lewiston Elks Lodge/Meghann M. Cuniff, Sirens & Gavels. More here.
Question: What would be a good sentence for an individual who crashed weddings to steal gifts?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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rdunlap on February 26 at 9:14 a.m.
She’d have to write all the gift thank-you notes for her newlywedded victims!
scootermom on February 26 at 9:21 a.m.
Make her watch every episode of Bridezillas, Say Yes to the Dress, Rich Bride Poor Bride, and all the other crappy wedding reality shows. Endlessly, with no bathroom breaks, until she breaks down realizes the horror of the US wedding industrial complex.
Norther on February 26 at 9:24 a.m.
@Scootermom - Cruel and Unusual punishment! But I like it.
sue on February 26 at 9:28 a.m.
This happened at my nephew’s wedding 5 years ago. The basket with all the cards, including the checks and gift cards, just disappeared. Very sad. I don’t remember her being at that wedding, though, although it caused us to suspect other guests. We learned to keep that basket protected at subsequent weddings, though. 45 days in jail doesn’t seem like enough, since it was so deliberate.
Phaedrus on February 26 at 10:10 a.m.
What would be a good sentence for an individual who crashed weddings to steal gifts?—dfo
Make her get married.
Don_Sausser on February 26 at 11:32 a.m.
She should be sentenced to one month of picking up dog doo on Tubbs Hill under the directon of Walkabout.
hmoffsuite on February 26 at 11:40 a.m.
This could possibly amount to grand theft, which is a serious crime, not a cute trick. I think 45 days is too lenient.
Stickman on February 27 at 4:11 p.m.
Maybe a year would be better Don, I mean following Walkabout on her daily rounds. I guess most find that job quite replusive, but she does it each day and finds joy in keeping Tubbs Hill as pristine as she can. Some complain that the Hill is not being kept after, I strongly disagree. Follow her some day and then comment.