Article: Man jailed for gesture resumes Brazil trip

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
02-09-2004

Man jailed for gesture resumes Brazil trip
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 02-09-2004, Monday
Section: LOCAL
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A Franklin Lakes man jailed and fined more than $17,000 for making an obscene gesture during fingerprinting procedures for U.S. citizens in Brazil was free to resume his vacation Sunday, police said.

Douglas A. Skolnick was allowed to leave the southeastern resort town of Foz do Iguacu after paying $17,200 for raising his middle finger when he was fingerprinted and photographed.

The customs requirements were imposed in response to similar U.S. rules for citizens of Brazil and many ...

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