Kentucky Man Ordered Not to Say "Bingo" for Six Months

Can he tell the judge to shove it?

Yelling bingo when nobody has won can get you in trouble with the law.

Just ask the Covington man who falsely yelled "bingo" last month and was cited for second-degree disorderly conduct.

As part of 18-year-old Austin Whaley's punishment, Kenton District Judge Douglas Grothaus recently ordered the Covington man not to say the word "bingo" for six months.

"Just like you can't run into a theater and yell 'fire' when it's not on fire, you can't run into a crowded bingo hall and yell 'bingo' when there isn't one," said Park Hills Police Sgt. Richard Webster, the officer who cited Whaley.