Strip-Search Hoax Caller Causes Headaches

[T Roosevelt]

Fri Apr 9, 6:44 PM ET
By MITCH STACY, Associated Press Writer

The caller to the Phoenix-area Taco Bell said he was a police officer and informed the manager there was a thief on the premises. Someone's pocketbook was missing, the caller said, ordering that a female customer be detained and strip searched in a back office.

But there was no theft. Investigators believe the caller was an impersonator, possibly from north Florida, who has pulled the same stunt dozens of times nationwide since 1999 with alarming success.

The caller, who sometimes poses as a company official, has persuaded managers at restaurants and other stores to detain and search employees for drugs or money. Targets have included Taco Bell, McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, Ruby Tuesday, Applebee's, Perkins and others.

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[Deja Q]

1. LOL! (don't let the subject line throw you off)

Just wait, Asscrack and Bushko will soon turn any crime into an act of terrorism or something else that warrants life in prison, death, or whatever else, because you didn't follow their idea of what life is.

American insurgents may as well do it now and have fun before it happens. They know our society is a joke and as such are playing a prank on the jokesters (corporate america).

I'm ambivalent on the issue, though I am solid in my ascertation that I do feel sorry for the innocent customer -- who had better sue Taco Bell for the Taco Hell she went through... x(

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