Some Greenwich Village-residing celebs are finding their garbage is a goldmine for one outdoor prowler. The NY Post notes that one recent victim is Weeds star Mary-Louise Parker -- and they report on the invasion of privacy by printing what the garbage gossip found, naturally. In an anonymous letter, it says the actress fills prescriptions for an underactive thyroid at Bigelow Pharmacy on 6th Avenue (good to know she pays her co-pay $20 at a time, just like the rest of us). Other famous targets have included Charlie Rose and Graydon Carter...perhaps this snoop should start sifting through the younger Hollywood set in order to come up with something a little more scandalous than legally prescribed goiter medication?





You can buy a paper shredder for $25 at Staples.
Peter's right about a paper shredder. Celebrity or not, one shouldn't be putting sensitive information in your garbage without shredding it.
it's a sad state of affairs when everyone knows Paris Hilton uses Valtrex and dudes still sleep with her.
garbage, if on the sidewalk, is public domain. shred or burn sensitive materials.
Mary-Louise Parker is smokin'.
I'm just saying.
This isn't LA. These parasites should get the f*ck out of NY.
Garbage is NOT public domain. It's illegal to go through garbage.
How does one go about shredding prescription bottles?
http://www.willitblend.com/
Prescription bottles are nothin'.
+1, Novanglus. The problem is that those blenders are EXPENSIVE.
Novanglus, the Supreme Court ruled in California vs Greenwood that there's no reasonable expectation of privacy that applies to garbage left for collection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_v._Greenwood
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_86_684/
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=486&invol=35
So, going through the trash is perfectly legal unless there's a local statute that forbids it. Be careful what you throw out!