Bizarre Hoax Leads to Strip Searches [View All]

Bizarre Hoax Leads to Strip Searches
Caller Convinces Restaurant Managers to Strip Search Workers, Customers

March 31 — Restaurant managers across the country have been receiving strange phone calls from someone urging them to strip-search employees or customers to see if they have stolen property.

The latest incident occurred last week in Arizona, when a Taco Bell manager received a call from a man claiming to be a police officer who urged the manager to strip-search a female whom the caller said had stolen a pocketbook.

Authorities said the male manager pulled aside a 17-year-old female customer who fit the description given by the caller and then carried out the search, which included a body cavity search.

more: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/US/Strip_hoax_040331-1.html