Man fakes heart attacks to avoid bills
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - July 4, 2008 Police say the Waukesha (WAWK'-uh-shaw) man took a cab to a mall
Monday and pretended to have a heart attack. The cab driver left
unpaid.
Authorities say the man then ran up a $23 bill when he had a
steak dinner at Applebee's. He again pretended to have a heart
attack.
This time the fire department took him to a hospital. A doctor
there recognized the man as having pulled the same stunt in the
past few weeks.
He was charged Thursday with defrauding a restaurant as a
habitual criminal. He could get up to nine months in prison and a
$10,000 fine.