Woman Arrested in Wendy's Chili Finger Case

from yahoo

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A woman who said she found part of a human finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili last month has been arrested and charged with larceny in connection with the incident, authorities said on Friday.

Anna Ayala, 39, was arrested on Thursday night at her home in Las Vegas and was in custody in the Clark County Detention Center there, police officials said.

Ayala had said she found the finger in chili prepared at a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose, California on March 22. The charge drew intense publicity and shook the image of the No. 3 U.S. hamburger chain.

Wendy's International Inc., was "thrilled that an arrest has been made," Tom Mueller, president of the company's North American business, said in a statement.

The larceny charge, which originated in San Jose, was related to the finger incident, but the origin of the finger was still unknown, said San Jose police department spokesman Nick Muyo.

More information would be given at a 1 p.m. (2000 GMT) press conference in San Jose, he said.

Wendy's had offered a $100,000 reward for information about the origin of the finger. Officials could not immediately be reached to say whether the reward would be paid.

Wendy's has said sales fell significantly in the San Jose area following the incident, causing some franchisees to lay off staff or reduce workers' hours.

The chain has said repeatedly that its own investigation into the matter found no evidence of any finger or hand accidents among any of its workers or its suppliers.

no fuckin' way Wendy's is the 3rd largest food chain,haha :eek: ......

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Originally Posted by killerkat

no fuckin' way Wendy's is the 3rd largest food chain,haha :eek: ......

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i don't know what the rankings are. any idea what the 3rd largest is?

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Originally Posted by karyn

i don't know what the rankings are. any idea what the 3rd largest is?

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it says up there^ that W. is the 3rd.....or did i read it wrong?......

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Originally Posted by killerkat

it says up there^ that W. is the 3rd.....or did i read it wrong?......

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you read the article right but i thought you were saying you thought another company was 3rd. never mind if i misunderstood.

Mc Donald's is 1st and Subway is 2nd, it's either Wendy's or Burger King at 3rd.

i know soo many people that hate Wendy's though,that's what got me.....

From what I have been told:

A: mcdonalds
B: burgerking
C: Wendy's
D: Subway, though they were higher during the jared phase.


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I've noticed that when fast food places have mascots they go up more... so theres a clown, a freaky looking king and a jared.....they all walk into a bar...... :P

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Originally Posted by VoldtaEngler

I've noticed that when fast food places have mascots they go up more... so theres a clown, a freaky looking king and a jared.....they all walk into a bar...... :P

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that king comercial thing,scared the living fuck outta me,i honestly was about 99% into shitting my pants.......

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that king comercial thing,scared the living fuck outta me,i honestly was about 99% into shitting my pants.......

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Fully agree....I may never go to Burger King again for fear of running into that big headed King.

yeah whoever thought up that one must have been tripping on some bad acid

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Originally Posted by Kidthorazine

yeah whoever thought up that one must have been tripping on some bad acid

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my thoughts exactly.......fuck if i ever think of that in the midst of a trip......i'm killiing those fucks......

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my thoughts exactly.......fuck if i ever think of that in the midst of a trip......i'm killiing those fucks......

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And after you kill them you can chop them up and put them in the chilli.

They said the finger had a manicure...I say it was Mr. Hormel...in the chili factory...with the candlestick...