| Description | ***********DANGEROUS PRANK:***************** >
Please read and forward to anyone you know who
drives.
My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville,
Florida Police Department. I have been asked by
state and local authorities to write this email in order
to get the word out to car drivers of a very
dangerous prank that is occurring in
numerous states. Some person or persons have been affixing
hypodermic needles to the underside of gas pump
handles. These needles appear to be
infected with HIV positive blood. In the
Jacksonville area alone there have been 17 cases of
people being stuck by these needles over the past
five months. We have verified reports of at least
12 others in various states around the country.
It is believed that these may be copycat
incidents due to someone reading about the crimes
or seeing them reported on the television. At
this point no one has been arrested and
catching the perpetrator(s) has become our top priority.
Shockingly, of the 17 people who where stuck, eight have
tested HIV positive and because of the nature of the disease,
the others could test positive in a couple
years. Evidently the consumers go to fill
their car with gas, and when picking up
the pump handle get stuck with the infected needle.
IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CAREFULLY CHECK
THE HANDLE of the gas pump each time you use one.
LOOK AT EVERY SURFACE YOUR HAND MAY TOUCH,
INCLUDING UNDER THE HANDLE. If you do find
a needle affixed to one, immediately contact
your local police department so they can collect
the evidence.
************PLEASE HELP US BY MAINTAINING
A VIGILANCE AND BY FORWARDING THIS EMAIL TO
ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO DRIVES. THE MORE PEOPLE
WHO KNOW OF THIS THE BETTER PROTECTED WE CAN
ALL BE.
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