Crime & Safety

Woman Charged With Eating Pretzel, Refusing to Pay

The following arrest report was provided by the White Plains Police Department, it does not indicate a conviction.

 

A Yonkers woman was arrested Tuesday evening after police say she refused to pay for an order at after her card didn't register with the store's machine.

Police say the 22-year-old woman ordered a pretzel dog and pretzel bites from the store at 125 Westchester Avenue and handed over a debit card to pay. When the card didn't work she said she didn't have cash, started eating her pretzels, and walked away.

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Security tracked down the woman a short while later and called police. Police charged the woman with theft of services, a misdemeanor.

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