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Teen banned from saying "Bingo"

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Austin Whaley, 18, has been banned from saying the word "Bingo" for six months. (Source: WLWT/NBC) Austin Whaley, 18, has been banned from saying the word "Bingo" for six months. (Source: WLWT/NBC)

(WLWT/NBC) - An unusual crime resulted in an unusual sentence in northern Kentucky this month.

Austin Whaley, 18, has been sentenced by a judge, banning him from saying "Bingo" for six months.

On Feb. 9, Park Hills Police Sgt. Richard Webster said he was working an off-duty security detail at a Covington bingo hall when  Whaley entered the hall with several other youths and yelled "Bingo!"

"This caused the hall to quit operating since they thought someone had won," Webster wrote on his citation. "This delayed the game by several minutes and caused alarm to patrons."

Webster cited Whaley for disorderly conduct.

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