Real life "Weekend at Bernie's"

[GhostTX]

Denver – Two Colorado men stand accused of multiple offenses after driving their dead friend's corpse to a pair of Denver nightspots and using his ATM card to buy themselves drinks, the Denver Post reported Thursday.

Prosecutors have charged Robert Jeffrey Young, 43, and Mark Rubinson, 25, with abusing a corpse, identity theft and criminal impersonation.

The men found their friend Jeffrey Jarrett unresponsive at his house late on Aug. 27, before loading him into Rubinson's car and taking him to a local bar and grill, where they drank on his tab.

They then went to another bar, before returning Jarrett's body to his home and continuing their night out using their dead friend's ATM card to withdraw money. On their way home, they flagged down a cop and told him they thought their friend was dead at his house.

Neither Young nor Rubinson has been charged with Jarrett's death, the cause of which is still to be determined.

"This is a bizarre and unfortunate crime," said Denver Police Department spokesman Sonny Jackson. "This isn't anything you want to have happen to a loved one. You want them treated with respect in death."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/16/denver-men-accused-taking-friends-corpse-on-boys-night-out/?test=latestnews

[Badass2000GT]

LMAO sick bastards.

[mstng86]

We don't know the whole story.

The dead guy may have been a fan of the movies and had it in his will that his friends needed to have a drink with his corpse.

[krazy kris]

I wonder if they ordered him anything or told people he was their designated driver

[71chevellejohn]

We don't know the whole story.

The dead guy may have been a fan of the movies and had it in his will that his friends needed to have a drink with his corpse.

Yep, they did it that way on CSI.

[scootro]

http://consumerist.com/2011/09/two-denver-men-find-out-that-weekend-at-bernies-isnt-as-funny-in-real-life.html

Two Denver Men Find Out That "Weekend At Bernie's" Isn't As Funny In Real Life

Even if you've never seen the 1989 comedy Weekend At Bernie's — or its inexcusable 1993 sequel — it's likely you're at least familiar with its tale of two morons lugging around a dead body and hilariously pretending it's still alive. And while it's all fun and games when you see the film at 4 a.m. on TBS, two men in Denver found out it's not only not-funny to do the same thing in the real world, it could also land you in jail.

The two men are accused of toting a pal's corpse around Denver, including visits to a bar to a strip club, all while using his ATM card to pay for the night's revelries.

Instead of just being relegated to VHS bargain bins, this story has the two fellas charged with with abusing a corpse, identity theft and criminal impersonation. They have not been charged in their late pal's death and as of today they are free on bond.

According to police, the night started when one of the men came home to find his roommate unresponsive. Instead of doing anything that makes sense, he and the other man put the limp body in the back of a car and went out for the night. It wasn't until 4 a.m. that the twosome decided to tell police that their buddy might have, ya know, shuffled off this mortal coil.

And the two can't play the "we thought he was passed out" card, as the roommate has reportedly already told police "it was obvious [the man] was dead," while he and the other man drank at the bar.

"This is a bizarre and unfortunate crime," said a Denver Police Department spokesman. "This isn't anything you want to have happen to a loved one. You want them treated with respect in death."

[krazy kris]

"This isn't anything you want to have happen to a loved one. You want them treated with respect in death."

I don't know, that sounds like a good way to go out. This would top all other death threads if they got him a lap dance at the strip club

[OreoStang]

I don't know, that sounds like a good way to go out. This would top all other death threads if they got him a lap dance at the strip club

Agreed

[Taylor]

Seeing that it is Denver, they were probably so high they actually didn't realize he was dead.

[Taylor]

I don't know, that sounds like a good way to go out. This would top all other death threads if they got him a lap dance at the strip club

I don't know about you, but I'd much rather my friends buy me a lapdance when I'm alive...

[Snatch Napkin]

I don't know about you, but I'd much rather my friends buy me a lapdance when I'm alive...

Personally, I relish in the thought of allowing my friends the dubious honor of using my corpse to see a horrified stripper crying as she's grinding my deathly dick with lusty intentions.

[Cobraman]

Yuh!!

[Sean88gt]

The party never ends up here!

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/co-frozendeadguy.html

[line-em-up]

....

"They then went to another bar, before returning Jarrett's body to his home and continuing their night out using their friend's ATM card to withdraw money."

Maybe they just left him at home because he was boreing, wasn't much of a talker and was killing their buzz.

[Snatch Napkin]

The party never ends up here!

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/co-frozendeadguy.html

LMFAO @ the last sentence of the second paragraph.

"Morstoel’s grandson, Trygve Bauge decided that his grandfather should have the opportunity of potential immorality and made the arrangements for his grandfather."