September 9, 2005
Woman pleads guilty to fingering food
(I like my headline better than this one)
Couple plead guilty in Wendy’s case
A Nevada couple pleaded guilty Friday to all charges related to planting a human fingertip in a bowl of Wendy’s chili in a scheme to extort money from the fast food restaurant chain.
Anna Ayala, 39, and Jaime Placencia, 43, pleaded guilty to conspiring to file a false claim and attempted grand theft. The Dublin, Ohio-based Wendy’s International Inc. claimed the scheme cost it $2.5 million in lost sales because of bad publicity.
Ayala faces up to nearly 10 years in state prison when sentenced November 2. Her husband faces up to 13 years behind bars.
As McGruff says, take a bite out of crime.
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Glad they got them.