Floridan Joseph Pineda, 33, wanted a burger but was unable to pay for his order. So he pretended to be an officer of the law, flashing a gun and badge in an attempt to get his meal free of charge. [FloriDUH]

  • http://twitter.com/dmpom dm pom

    McDonald’s. Totally worth a try.

  • http://twitter.com/fossilfuels Funk Daddy

    Robbing a McDonalds of food is going to be seen as a cry for help by any jury, I think he’ll be safe with claiming temporary insanity.

    I wonder if the manager was clued in by the stupidly obscure weapon he had, or maybe the article meant .45 and not .455. 

    http://i.imgur.com/WQV8Q.jpg

    • http://www.jimdraws.com Thorzdad

      Heh. Props for the Webley-Fosbery Automatic.

  • JohnMc

    Next thing you know, he’ll be running for president:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/07/classmates-mitt-romney-im_n_1575680.html

  • SomeGuyNamedMark

    I think they finally caught the Hamburglar.

    Here is a snap from the security camera.

    • Sparg

       Ever notice how the more recent versions of the Hamburglar look like Alfred E. Neuman in prisoner gear?

      • SomeGuyNamedMark

         Prison will do that to you.

  • http://www.facebook.com/dpease Dave Pease

    you’ll want to call this guy a Floridian (among other things…)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floridian

  • DewiMorgan

    And now he gets free food on the taxpayer’s dime! Win win!

  • Bob Dole’s Commie Doppelganger

    Fake cop needs food badly!

  • niktemadur

    For a second there, I thought the headline read
    “Fake cop demands fake food”