“Man Bites Dog” is the classic, guaranteed news story. “Fake Taco Bell Robbery” should join it in the halls of journalism school as a tale that rises from the churn of dozens of weekly Taco Bell robberies and becomes something rather bizarre.
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From something called Torrington in something called Connecticut. How backwards is this town? They still print the home addresses of arrested folks, something newspapers stopped doing in the 1960s…:
Police on Friday charged the manager of the High Street Taco Bell in
connection with what they called a “staged robbery” at the restaurant
late Thursday evening.
Police said they were summoned to the
restaurant on a report that a man whom police were initially given a
detailed description of had attempted to rob the store, then fled. After
police spent an hour investigating, they determined the crime was
staged, Lt. Bruce Whiteley said in a news release.
Police charged
store manager Theresa L. Miller, 25…with breach of
peace and interfering with an officer. She was released on $1,500 bond
for a Nov. 29 appearance in Bantam Superior Court.
