NPR: Jason West https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=137005576 Jason West en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:11:51 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Jason West https://www.npr.org/tags/137005576/jason-west '2,500 Pennies' Guy Adds His Two Cents To The Story "I didn't at any time yell," Jason West tells a local Utah newspaper. "I didn't go on a rant. I wasn't irate." But he may be fined 14,000 pennies ($140, that is) for paying a disputed medical bill with the coins and allegedly causing a disturbance. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:52:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/06/06/137005554/2-500-pennies-guy-adds-his-two-cents-to-the-story https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/06/06/137005554/2-500-pennies-guy-adds-his-two-cents-to-the-story

"I didn't at any time yell," Jason West tells a local Utah newspaper. "I didn't go on a rant. I wasn't irate." But he may be fined 14,000 pennies ($140, that is) for paying a disputed medical bill with the coins and allegedly causing a disturbance.

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