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Fast-food finger finder arrested
Last Updated Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:49:26 EDT
CBC News
LAS VEGAS - Police have arrested a woman who claimed she found a human fingertip in a bowl of chili served to her at a California fast-food restaurant.
Anna Ayala, 39, was taken into custody at her Las Vegas home Thursday night.
There's no word on what charge she might face.
On March 22, she said she was sickened when she found a finger in her meal at a Wendy's outlet in San Jose, Calif.
Nobody had reported losing any digits at the restaurant or any of the food suppliers used by the chain, however.
Then reports began to emerge that Ayala had launched a string of lawsuits against major corporations in the past.
Ayala threatened legal action against Wendy's after producing the 3.8-cm chili-covered fingertip, but later said she would not sue the corporation because the media coverage was too stressful.
In the wake of her claim, Wendy's said sales dropped at its Northern California branches, leading the chain to reduce its workers' hours and even lay off some clerks.
Wendy's has offered a $100,000 US reward to anyone who can help the chain track down the owner of the missing finger.
Last Updated Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:49:26 EDT
CBC News
LAS VEGAS - Police have arrested a woman who claimed she found a human fingertip in a bowl of chili served to her at a California fast-food restaurant.
Anna Ayala, 39, was taken into custody at her Las Vegas home Thursday night.
There's no word on what charge she might face.
On March 22, she said she was sickened when she found a finger in her meal at a Wendy's outlet in San Jose, Calif.
Nobody had reported losing any digits at the restaurant or any of the food suppliers used by the chain, however.
Then reports began to emerge that Ayala had launched a string of lawsuits against major corporations in the past.
Ayala threatened legal action against Wendy's after producing the 3.8-cm chili-covered fingertip, but later said she would not sue the corporation because the media coverage was too stressful.
In the wake of her claim, Wendy's said sales dropped at its Northern California branches, leading the chain to reduce its workers' hours and even lay off some clerks.
Wendy's has offered a $100,000 US reward to anyone who can help the chain track down the owner of the missing finger.
Wouldn't the cops have gotten suspicious when they asked for the finger and she didn't know where it was?
