Man Tried To Bribe Police Officer With McDonald's Cheesburgers

[matcom]

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Trying to burger his way out of trouble only led to more legal woes for a Marathon man Friday, sheriff's deputies said.

Steven T. Denton, 32, was charged with a felony count of attempting to bribe a law officer after he allegedly offered to spring for McDonald's cheeseburgers in exchange for his release.

Denton was taken into custody following a fracas at the Dockside Lounge on Sombrero Boulevard.

"Denton told me that if I would drive him to McDonald's, he would buy me two cheeseburgers if I let him go and did not take him to jail," reported Deputy Mark Eastty of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

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[JVS]

1. Donuts are much more traditional

[drumwolf]

2. Buying him Mickey Dee's cheeseburgers?

If someone said they'd buy me McDonald's, I'd take it as a threat, not a bribe. :P

[ET Awful]

4. I was about to say that :) . . .

Isn't a McDonalds cheeseburger the equivalent of assaulting an officer of the law?

:)

[fujiyama]

5. Yeah

The officer was probably more insulted as to what the bribe was, rather than necessarily being bribed in the first place.

[liberal N proud]

3. It's amazing the cop didn't shoot him!

a McD's Cheeseburger - Heart attack on a bun.

[Spinzonner]

6. Apparently forgot that McDonald harbors

the Hamburglar