Posted on 04/21/2016 10:30:13 AM PDT by Teotwawki
A McDonald’s customer has been charged with robbery after he emptied a cup of water and filled it up with soda from a machine in a restaurant in Arkansas.
Cody Morris, 18, and two pals went to a drive-thru in Springdale and and asked for large cups of water. But they then parked their car and dumped their cups before filling them up with soda. [snip]
But Morris reversed his car and drove off, allegedly hitting the manager as he made his getaway. Police arrested Morris at a nearby bowling alley. It is unclear if he will face any charges apart from felony robbery.
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Use of force to escape with the goods. Goes from a nonsense misdemeanor theft that wouldn’t get the time of day to a felony.
Didn’t read the story, did you?
“Not that this is much of a news story, but I don’t understand the felony charge.”
Well, the perp running over the store manager with his car makes this a robbery using a deadly weapon.
Hence, felony robbery.
You can steal a piece of gum with a gun and it’s felony robbery.
It is probably the same group that has justified any kind of theft or fraud because they are “owed something”. I work with a few that bring in $50K and still have no qualms taking food from charities for the holidays and such; they have a network where they share tips and leads on how to get free sh!t. The fact that they may be taking from someone who needs it more means nothing to them; in fact, very little with the exception of material goods means anything to them at all.
I'm glad the manager didn't just let the kid get away with it and I'm glad the kid is being appropriately charged.
I ordered a sweet tea at McDonald’s yesterday. While filling up, I thought about getting coke instead, but since I bought sweet tea, that’s what I got.
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