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The larceny charge, which originated in San Jose, was related to the finger incident, but the origin of the finger was still unknown, said San Jose police department spokesman Nick Muyo.

LARCENY? Lawyers, what might that mean?

Darned if I know. Prosecutors can be very imaginative. Attempted larceny by trying to shake down Wendy's?

LARCENY? Lawyers, what might that mean?

Well, for one thing--someone's missing a finger. ]:-)

I thought the larceny charge was from some funny business of hers related to the sale of a trailer she didn't own. Anyway, the lady sounds like a real pip.

In one news report she was described as an unemployed janitor with a $500,000 house. I wonder if that was the current maket value? She may have been a beneficiary of the housing bubble.

She's been charged with Grand Theft and attempted Grand Theft.

They found evidence that she bilked someone out of $11,000, and that's the basis of the Grand Larceny charge.

According to CNN: Police said the attempted grand theft charge relates to the money that Wendy's lost when business dropped after the episode.

Reportedly finger was not cooked... coroner involved... developing... breaking hard...

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Calling lost business grand theft is a bigger stretch then charging Peterson with first degree murder. Im not defending the woman charged, but I hate when the DA just overreaches in applying law. There should be a good joke here, but the best I can do is Wendys should be glad it wasn't Bobbit's appendage.

I suspect that eventually she'll be indicted for extortion.

And I think that Wendy's Corporation probably has grounds for a libel suit, though they probably won't bother with it.

“And I think that Wendy's Corporation probably has grounds for a libel suit, though they probably won't bother with it.”

There’s rarely a justification to sue the poor. This lady probably doesn’t have $50 in her bank account that is legitimately hers. I suspect Wendy’s will benefit in the long run. The consensus view is that this company was a victims of a scam. In the meantime, Wendy’s is being mentioned all over the place. What’s that old saw? It matter’s little what you say about me---just spell my name correctly.

From yesterday's AP report, the "attempted grand larceny" charge related to the attempt to defraud Wendy's; the grand larceny charge relates to a completely separate allegation of fraud, relating to Ms Ayala allegedly "selling" a trailer she did not own to a Spanish-speaking immigrant.

So what's the ratio of hoax events to real events as far as "unusual" things in restaurant food?

It's pretty low, isn't it? The very first time I heard this story I figured that this would be the outcome. I'm all in favor of punishment in this case, I don't care how poor they are.

There’s rarely a justification to sue the poor. This lady probably doesn’t have $50 in her bank account that is legitimately hers.

Were I in charge of Wendy's the woman would be the focus of a quick surgical lawsuit. Recover damages? Of course not. But I would want it a matter of record that a judge and jury found her guilty of being a PITA in civil court. IANAL, YMMV.

What’s that old saw? It matter’s little what you say about me---just spell my name correctly.

Tell that to Jack In The Box. Undercooked beef in 1993 killed three kids and made over 300 people sick in the Pacific Northwest. The company almost went under due to the media attention driving sales nation-wide over a cliff.

http://www.jonentine.com/ethical_edge/jack_crisis.htm

“Tell that to Jack In The Box. Undercooked beef in 1993 killed three kids and made over 300 people sick in the Pacific Northwest”

You fail to make an important distinction. Jack in the Box screwed up! It was their fault that the deaths occurred. Wendy’s is a victim of a hoax---and most people now perceive that to be the reality of the situation. This restaurant chain should see its sales dramatically increase. And yes, I suspect that in the long run, Wendy’s might benefit form the “free publicity.” We will know, one way or another, in about three months if my prediction holds true.

Does anyone remember the restaurant scene in Victor/Victoria. Julie Andrews is so down on her luck, she concocts a similar, somewhat less drastic, scheme to get a free meal. I imagine food hoaxes went up after the film came out.

On the other hand,
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/tylenol/crisis.html

Tylenol didn't screw up, but they took advantage of some bad PR and ran with it - managed to convince most of America that Acetaminophen is safer and better pain and headache medication for adults than aspirin, which takes some doing.

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