How much risk are you willing to take just to get discounted burgers at Wendy’s?
Well, this Florida man got a discount on his purchases for years after pretending to be an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent, but his disguise was soon discovered thanks to a cashier who left the place a while ago.
57-year-old Jerry Stover of Bunnell was arrested Monday for having purportedly impersonated a law enforcement officer in order to access discounts on Wendy’s food. The discovery of his alleged scam occurred at Wendy’s on Commerce Parkway.
Stover asked the cashier to apply a law enforcement discount to his purchase, to which they asked to see proof of service. He quickly flashed a gold badge, which would later be revealed as a concealed weapon permit. His discount request was denied, and he attempted to argue with the store. He then told the employee that he was not a cop, but an undercover DEA agent.
The Bunnell Police Department was dispatched to the Wendy’s to investigate Stover’s claims. It was determined that he was a regular customer and that he’d been accessing the law enforcement discount for over two years running.
He was arrested and taken to the county jail, where he was held on a $2,500 bond for a felony charge of impersonating an officer with a notice to appear for his arraignment on May 9th. He posted bond and was released after a little over five hours in custody.
Bunnell PD says David Stover asked for the law enforcement discount at the .@Wendys & flashed a concealed weapon badge. Staff said no and PD says Stover then claimed he was an undercover DEA agent. He was denied again; an argument ensued & he was arrested for impersonating an LEO pic.twitter.com/I5NBwJJdVN
— Mike Springer WFTV (@mspringerwftv) April 12, 2022
Flagler Live reports that Stover told arresting officers that he was a police officer “a long time ago, but he was fired because he was an alcoholic.”
Flagler Live noted that while impersonating a police officer is a third-degree felony ‘the arrest report states that while the restaurant had surveillance video, it was not acquired at the time of the arrest, but would be retrieved ‘at a later date and time.’
The outlet added that the absent the video, the case would rest on the sort of he-said-she-said testimony prosecutors are usually uncomfortable with if they are to pursue such charges.
Sources: TheGatewayPundit, Flagler Live
