McDonald’s workers aren’t all they seem. The fast food employees who help fight crime.
Live PD viewers are always willing to take it one step further to help out law enforcement. On two separate live car-chase segments (in South Carolina and Louisiana), fans of the show spotted criminals throwing drugs out a car window (when the police didn’t see it). Viewers jumped on Twitter and let the respective police departments know. The police, who actively follow social media during broadcasts, were able to go back to the scene and retrieve the drugs to be used for evidence.
Last fall, Live PD’s “The Wanted List” segment (reviewing the week’s most-wanted fugitives) alerted a viewer, who called into Tulsa’s homicide tip line and helped authorities find (and arrest) a man accused of a double homicide.
Guess who else is also ready to spring into action when danger calls? The answer: Fast food and convenience store workers! So, read on…and don’t forget the tip jar!
- Recently in Erie, PA, McDonald’s workers spotted Facebook video killer Steve Stephens in the drive-through and stalled him by saying it would take a few minutes for his fries, thus allowing time for police to arrive.
- A McDonald’s worker jumped out the takeout window to help an off-duty police officer who had passed out at the wheel.
- A teen worker at a Tennessee fast-food restaurant saved a toddler using CPR.
- This 7-Eleven store clerk on smoke break shot an attempted robber.
- A pizzeria worker in Paris risked his life to save two women customers who had been shot in the Nov. 13, 2015 terrorist attacks.
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