{"id":63588,"date":"2011-09-16T19:48:05","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T23:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/63588\/yo-quiero-taco-bell\/"},"modified":"2011-09-16T19:48:05","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T23:48:05","slug":"yo-quiero-taco-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/63588\/yo-quiero-taco-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Yo Quiero Taco Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Largo, FL, a man was arrested yesterday because he was craving some Taco Bell tacos.<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Alright\u2026..there IS a bit more to the story than just that. The following is an excerpt from the report from the Bay News 9 website.<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

Terry Kimbell, 50, called 911 from his cell phone to inform the dispatcher Taco Bell would not sell him tacos while he stood in the drive-thru lane Tuesday night, according to a Largo police report.<\/font><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bay News 9<\/span> obtained the 911 call through a public records request:<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

911:<\/span><\/strong> “Largo emergency.”<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Kimbell:<\/span><\/strong> “It’s not an emergency. However, can you — can you put me through to dispatch? I’m at the Taco Bell, and I walked in, and I left my car on purpose, so I wouldn’t drink and drive. I walked up, they wouldn’t serve me. So, I’m at the Taco Bell at 137th and Walsingham and I just want some tacos. That’s it.” <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Kimbell tells the dispatcher he has the munchies. He’d been drinking alcohol, according to the police report.<\/font><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

911:<\/span><\/strong> “What are the employees saying?” <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Kimbell:<\/span><\/strong> “You can’t walk up, you’ve got to drive up. You got a get a DUI to get a taco. I got the munchies and I walked a quarter mile from here. Are you going to help me out or do I have to get arrested to get home? You know what I’m saying?”<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

911:<\/span><\/strong> “Well, we’re not going to take you home.” <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Kimbell:<\/span><\/strong> “I want you to call the manager at the Taco Bell.” <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Kimbell stayed on the phone\u00a0 for about 11 minutes with dispatch until a police officer arrived and arrested him for misuse of a 911 system. <\/font><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kimbell was released from jail on Wednesday. <\/font><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So although what Terry Kimbell did wasn\u2019t using the best of judgement (and just how often does one use the best judgement when they are drunk, anyway?) do you think he should have been arrested? I mean in one way, he did the responsible thing and chose not to drive while he was intoxicated. Wouldn\u2019t it have been worse if he drove there? And was he causing that much of a problem just ordering food? Or was he made an example of for all of those people who call 911 for unnecessary reasons, like if there were only 19 nuggets in their 20 piece box of Chicken McNuggets? Or are those Chalupas just so gosh darn good they are worth getting arrested for? What do you think?<\/font><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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