Fake Cops Wanted in Fast-Food Robberies Sought in Rape of Wendy's Worker

Thursday, November 05, 2009

I found this story on Foxnews about men who disguised themselves as fake police officers in order to gain entrance to fast food restaurants in order to rob them. The story now reports that the criminals have escalated to raping a victim as well. The story has a link in it with more information and even a video to show the robberies. They have struck at least three times and are waiting until the restaurants close and then follow the employee as they go to their cars and flash police like lights. The victim is then forced to go back to the restaurant and open the door so they can rob the safe.


My response to this story is “see I told you so” because I was once followed home just yards from my home by a sheriff deputies car and read the riot act for not pulling over. I was not going to pull over until I felt safe in my driveway where I knew my husband would be greeting me.


I was ending an 11pm shift at the hospital and was just arriving home at 1: 30 am on a country road with in sight of my driveway when a car passed me going the opposite direction. I saw the car turn around and came speeding up to my tailgate and then it turn on flashing lights. Being a woman and knowing I had done nothing wrong I proceeded on at a slow rate and turned on my turn signal and slowly entered my driveway and did not stop until I was parked in front of my garage with my husband opening the garage door. I stayed in the truck until the officer exited his car and proceeded to chew me out about not pulling over. I calmly explained that at 1:30 am on a dark country road and knowing I had no moving violation and so close to my driveway I would pull over as indicated by my turn signal and slow speed and find out whatever it was when I was safely near my husband. I told him I knew of a recent fake pullover in a neighboring town where a girl had been raped and I was concerned for my safety. He admonished me as that only happens rarely and I should have pulled over because he did not know what to expect coming up my driveway to which I told him, his safety was not my concern. After he went back to his car and canceled ‘back up’ he must have settled down because he came back and talked to my husband and I (still sitting in the truck) and explained that someone had called in a description of a blue truck sitting sideways in a road. I was unfortunate to have been driving a blue truck. He could see I was in scrubs and went on to talk about his wife also working late shifts at a hospital.
I’m glad the article reported that this type of criminal incidents are still happening and all young persons aught to not blindly succumb to visuals associated with law enforcement such as flashing lights. I just wish I could have had a news article to show the sheriffs deputy in my case.