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A Pennsylvania woman contemplating a gender change alleges that she was fired after wearing a prosthetic penis to her job, according to a civil rights lawsuit  filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court.

Pauline Davis, 45, charges that she was “unfairly terminated” from her position as a “packer/line inspector” at the J&J Snack Foods production plant. She contends that the company subjected her to “disparate and discriminatory treatment for being a female, and for being a female who identified with the male gender.”

According to her complaint, Davis “advised certain co-workers that she would be wearing the prosthetic device, and this information was reported to management.” After learning that Davis was packing a fake penis, J&J “retaliated against her and discriminated against her in that she was illegally terminated,” the lawsuit notes.

The prosthetic device, Davis reported, “was concealed and in no way interfered with the ability of Plaintiff to do her job.”

Supporting her discrimination claim, Davis contended that a male coworker who had “taken hormone treatments and wore female prosthetic devices and dressed in female clothing” was treated “more favorably” and not disciplined for “wearing a female prosthetic or female clothing.”

Davis’s federal lawsuit, which accuses J&J of retaliation and gender identity discrimination, seeks back pay and benefits, actual and punitive damages, and the reimbursement of her legal fees.

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, federal officials today released mug shots of the dozen Ohio residents indicted last month for their alleged roles in a series of religiously motivated attacks on fellow members of the Amish community.

Pictured above, the defendants--10 men and two women--have been accused of forcibly cutting off the beards of male victims and the head hair of female victims with whom they have had ongoing religious disputes.

Click here to enlarge the booking photo grid. And to see the defendants in profile, click here.

As noted by Department of Justice officials, “the manner in which Amish men wear their beards and Amish women wear their hair are symbols of their faith.”

Prosecutors allege that the attackers were led by Samuel Mullet, 66, a bishop in the Amish community in Bergholz, Ohio. Mullet, pictured above in the upper left corner, “exerted control over the Bergholz community by taking the wives of other men into his home, and by overseeing various means of disciplining community members, including corporal punishment.”

Really, how many times do we have to say this?

If your drug dealer shorts you, steals your money, or provides a substance other than the illegal one sought, do not call 911.

Suzanne Basham, 47, made that mistake yesterday morning when she dialed police in Springfield, Missouri to report that she had paid $40 for crack cocaine that turned out to be sugar, according to an incident report.  

Basham, who was not seeking a sugar high, asked cops to arrest her dealer for theft (and, of course, secure a refund for her). While patrolmen went to the address where Basham said she purchased the crack, residents there denied selling dope and declined to let investigators into the home.

Since cops discovered that Basham was in possession of a crack pipe, she was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. She is pictured above in a mug shot snapped in October 2010 following a collar for drug possession.

A man wearing an Incredible Hulk mask is being sought by cops for the robbery yesterday afternoon of a bank in upstate New York.

As seen above, a surveillance camera captured the robber at a teller’s window, where he displayed a handgun and demanded cash. Cops in Hamburg (a town south of Buffalo) described the robber as a white male in his 20s who was wearing a brown jacket, faded jeans, and a gold or silver necklace.

Investigators did not disclose how much money was taken from the Northwest Savings Bank branch. The robber fled on foot in the direction of a supermarket parking lot.

A Florida woman who reportedly became incensed while watching TV’s Judge Judy was arrested Sunday after she allegedly struck her husband on the head with a hammer.

Janet Knowles, 62, was charged with aggravated battery following the bizarre 10:30 AM incident at a residence in Jupiter. Knowles, seen in the above mug shot, is locked up in the Palm Beach County jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.

According to a Jupiter Police Department report, she attacked Larry Knowles, 65, since "she was upset because Judge Judy was on the television,” and "Larry was watching Judge Judy and that made her mad." The syndicated program stars Judith Sheindlin, an irascible former New York jurist.

The report does not specifically indicate why Knowles was so upset about Judge Judy, who is pictured above. The victim, who was seated in a recliner when twice hammered, suffered large cuts to his head and forearm, according to cops.