Published 17:28 IST, November 10th 2020

Georgia woman arrested for posing as FBI agent to get free fast food, threatened employees

Police have jailed a woman in Georgia accused of pretending to be an FBI agent to score a free fast-food meal, saying she allegedly threatened to arrest

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Police have jailed a woman in Georgia accused of pretending to be an FBI nt to score a free fast-food meal, saying she allegedly threatened to arrest restaurant workers if y didn’t serve her a complimentary bite.

Kimberly Ragsdale, 47, of Dallas, was charged Thursday with impersonating a public officer following repeated attempts to get free meals at a Chick-Fil-A, according to a Rockmart Police arrest report obtained by news outlets.

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Employees at restaurant told investigators that Ragsdale showed up at location multiple times during week and posed as a federal nt while driving a white minivan, and also threatened to take employees into custody if y didn’t comply, police report said.

It ded that woman continued farce as police arrived to arrest her in restaurant parking lot Thursday, reportedly claiming to officers that she was an FBI nt and that her credentials were electronic. While being handcuffed, she allegedly began to “talk into her shirt like she was talking into a rio telling someone that we were arresting her and to send someone to Rockmart PD,” officers wrote in arrest report.

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“You will t hear a real officer demand a meal anywhere,” Chief Randy Turner told news outlets. “If it is given, we appreciate it. If it is discounted, we appreciate it. We will t ask for it or make threats and demand it.”

Ragsdale was booked into jail Thursday and released on $3,000 bond by Saturday, online jail records showed. It was t immediately clear wher woman h an attorney who could comment for her.

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17:30 IST, November 10th 2020