Old Coot Caught

Off The Record  Jul 07 08

WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (AP) -- A 52-year-old Milwaukee-area man has been accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares.Police say the Waukesha man took a cab to a mall Monday and pretended to have a heart attack. The cabdriver 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. Full story...

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