Police Not Amused by Breakfast Prank
Friday January 26 12:27 PM ET
Police Not Amused by Breakfast Prank
DALLAS (Reuters) - A police dispatcher who tasted something funny when
she bit into a breakfast tortilla found it was laced with marijuana,
police in a north Texas town said on Friday.
Police in The Colony said an 18-year-old fast-food worker was charged
with possession and delivery of marijuana for allegedly deliberately
rolling the leafy substance into a taquito, a soft tortilla with egg
filling.
Benjamin Roberts knew the taquito was part of a breakfast order for
several police dispatchers being picked up at 2 a.m. by a patrolman in a
marked cruiser, Lt. George Wintle said.
"He could see it was a police car.... He just thought it was a funny
joke,'' Wintle said.
"It kind of reminds you of an urban legend. It makes you want to check
your food,'' he said.
Roberts was arrested the same day the marijuana was discovered, on Jan.
17, and faces up to six months in jail. He was also fired immediately by
Whataburger, a Texas-based fast-food chain.
