“Gin And Tonic Bandit” Finally Arrested After Dining And Dashing Four Times

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A classy diner has been coming to the exact same restaurant every Wednesday night for four weeks.

As usual, he orders two gin and tonics and a rib-eye steak.

And, as always, he then skips out on his $25.96 bill.

Police arrested the “gin and tonic bandit“ on preliminary charges of theft and resisting law enforcement. He was being held at the Monroe County jail on $2,000 bond, authorities said.

Each Wednesday night for four weeks running, the same man came into the same O’Charley’s restaurant and ordered the two drinks and the steak, restaurant manager Teresa Tolbert told police.

At the end of each meal, the wait staff would present him with his bill for $25.96, and he would excuse himself to use the restroom, then skip out without paying.

The man appeared a fifth time Wednesday night, but the restaurant was ready for him, police said.

When his server presented the bill, he again claimed he needed to use the bathroom. But when he walked out of the restaurant, four employees were waiting for him. They confronted him about the unpaid bill, which he offered to pay with a check, police said.

After Tolbert told him the restaurant didn’t accept checks, the man “got nervous and ran,” according to the police report.

Officer Randy Gehlhausen caught up with the man as he was trying to open his car door. The diner struggled with Gehlhausen, who wrestled him to the ground and handcuffed him.

JOKESTARTERS:

• Obviously the staff at this restaurant ain’t the sharpest knives in the drawer – it took them FOUR TIMES TO NOTICE that this guy was dining and dashing! D’oh! Is Homer Simpson the Manager or what?
• Ya gotta love a thief who orders the same gin and tonic and steak, then sneaks out. I mean, that’s just good ol’ fashioned American spirit isn’t it?

SOURCE:

• CBS13.com