Krispy Kreme doughnuts are one of America’s prized possessions and to many people it’s basically a drug. They’re addicting, and can make someone feel guilty for eating so damn many!
Daniel Rushing from Orlando is one of those who eats Krispy Kreme quite often, once a week in his case, and he was arrested by an officer who thought he “was acting fishy near a 7-Eleven convenience store.” Officer Shelby Riggs-Hopkins was conducting surveillance on an area with a high level of drug activity, along with other officers when she saw the “suspicious” activity from Rushing in the 7-Eleven.
Officer Shelby Riggs-Hopkins then proceeded to follow Rushing’s car, pulling him over. Rushing told the officer that he had a concealed gun and Riggs-Hopkins asked him to step out of the car for her own safety. When he stopped out was when she saw the “drugs” on the floor, which she now knows was nothing more than delicious leftover Krispy Kreme doughnut glaze.
According to a report obtained by Orlando Sentinel, she wrote:
“I observed in plain view a rock like substance on the floor board where his feet were,” and “I recognized, through my eleven years of training and experience as a law enforcement officer, the substance to be some sort of narcotic.”
Of course, Rushing told her it was just glaze from a donut, but it didn’t stop him from being taken to jail, facing a $2,500 bail.
Somehow, the initial field test of the “substance” tested positives for amphetamines. It was also labeled as an “unknown substance” by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Rushing was released after this, after being in jail for 10 long and angry hours.
Rush claimed he was “arrested for no reason at all” which he’s obviously right about. Rushing also told the Orlando Sentinel that he hired a lawyer and plans on getting the city to pay him damages, which will hopefully go towards more Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
For more on this hilarious and slightly frustrating story, watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhY-A8eImpI
Featured image from Mark Lee under Creative Commons 2.0.
