Cops: Man Tried to Rob Cafe by Threatening to…Spread His Staph Infection
- Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:45pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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A Pennsylvania man tried to rob an Internet gambling cafe by threatening to spread a staph infection, police say.
Fred L. Parker, 41, was charged with robbery and making terrorist threats after he allegedly walked into Lucky’s Internet Cafe Monday and started touching the walls and machines, claiming he had MRSA, the Sharon Herald reported. MRSA is an antibiotic-resistant bacteria that is highly contagious and can be fatal.
Sharon Police Chief Mike Menster told the newspaper Parker then approached the cashier and demanded money, telling him that if he didn’t cooperate, he’d touch him and infect him.
“It’s our first case of robbery by threat of an infectious disease,” Menster said.
Parker said he’d walk away if the cashier gave him money, police said. The clerk refused and Parker left anyway.
He was arrested a short time later based on a description from the clerk and from customers.
He was taken to the county jail after failing to post bond and will have a preliminary hearing Feb. 1, according to the Herald.
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Nick Hammer
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:04amThis could have easily been a Wizconsin cheesehead headline.
Report Post »cdcats8
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 10:01pmI would consider it a terroristic threat and press charges. Makes me furious!
Report Post »3katmomma
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 7:03pmMRSA stands for Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus. Staph Aureus is a normal flora of the oral-pharynx. With the over use, and sometimes inappropriate use of antibiotics, this normal bug has become resistant (not easily killed by regular antibiotics, and now requires more expensive and stronger antibiotics to kill it).
Report Post »There is also a difference between an active MRSA infection, and someone being colonized with MRSA. Being colonized means that the bacteria is sitting in your nose or throat just going along for the ride–just like normal Staph Aureus does.
The reason it first showed up in hospitals is because 1) hospitals are full of sick people, and 2) they do work hard to keep things clean. Just like any living thing, when faced with destruction, they adapt.
MRSA is not an unknown creature from outer space, it has adapted and been with us all along.
Grey Eagle
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 8:46pmI hope they tossed his ass in the street.
Report Post »flatbroke
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 6:32pmeverybody wash your hands! now
Report Post »flatbroke
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 6:31pmTB is still rare, and to get it you have to practically live with the person who has it. because it is droplet spread. MRSA you have to come into direct contact with on the skin. AIDS you have to get stuck with a needle, or have sex with someone who has it. I think someday we will all be walking around waring full body condoms, with a gas masks, but not me LOL.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 3:11pmThe robber did not bother the man behind the cash register because he knew that the robber caught his MSRA at that cafe. He had immunity.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:53pmOk. Arrest this guy for biological terrorism – take him out back after convicting him – and put a bullet between his ears.
What’s the problem?
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:57pmYou need to burn the corpse immediately.
Report Post »Herokidstar
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 3:05pmWould it be ok to if the clerk shot him in self defense?
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 3:35pmExactly shoot him then burn the body….Send a message to the next guy who thinks about doing something like this.
Report Post »Herokidstar
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:31pmIsn’t it an armed robbery even if your robbing a bank with a banana you claim is a gun?
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:23pmToo bad they didn’t spray him with Lysol.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:21pm.
Somebody loan Fred a gun! For goodness sakes man what were you thinking? I’m gonna touch you with my Nasty Hand, is the Best you got?
Go pick-up cans or something. That public school edumacation has let you down………..
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:48pmI have a feeling ole Fred wouldn’t know which end of the tube the round comes out of,,,,,,that could be a good thing.
Report Post »MaidenAmerica
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:17pmAt least this would-be-robber is innovative! Would be interesting to know how these guys come up with these things…
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:24pmHe may have known someone with an immuno-deficient disease like Addisons, etc. Who knows?
Report Post »objectivetruth
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 4:24pm@dagyet
Report Post »Addisons is a disease condition of the metabolic system.It isn’t contagious.
REPUBLICANINCALI
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:16pmMy Brother had spine surgery because of a motorcycle accident. His being paralyzed is something he has accepted. He contracted MRSA in the hospital, supposed to be sterile right?, this has been a thorn in our sides for years. Nasty stuff.
Report Post »objectivetruth
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 4:31pmMRSA has been around a long time.Its part of the nonsomical acquired infections.For what its worth if you get hit with it again its usually less severe[provided you are well to begin with and not back in the hospital or very immune challenged].C.Difficle is another one of those bugs.Very difficult to treat in some cases.That to is hospital acquired.The ultra clean enviroment of the hospital actually allows these bugs to flourish.They are in fact some of the hardiest and nastiest bugs around.Extremaphores
Report Post »[Think I spelt that wrong]
Gonzo
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:12pmThen we would have to call in the EPA, tear down the building and remove 6 feet of soil from under the foundation, toxic waste.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:15pmDon’t forget to nuke and quarantine the CDC and their secret installations.
RESIST THE NAZI EUGENICIST FORCED VACCINATION POLICE STATE!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:16pmSounds about right for the freaks in D.C
Report Post »momrules
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:07pmWell he just used the weapon at hand. How is that gun control thing working out?
MRSA, drug resistant TB, the girls with the unidentifed illness……….these mystery diseases keep cropping up. I wonder what lab they are being cooked up in.
Report Post »objectivetruth
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 4:38pmThe only one I see as having been purposely cooked up might just be those girls disease.Most of the bugs you described have existed and will exist naturally.Drug resistant TB’s rise is partly due to overuse of antibiotics.MRSA has been around for quite a while as well.Its normally found in the hospital enviroment.The old term for MRSA was cronic follucilitis.Atleast in many medical settings.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:06pmThis guy is crazy. What is happening to our society? Things are out of conrol. I don’t know what else to say.
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:05pmI wonder why the reporters failed to mention that MRSA is everywhere, on every surface, and even on the nostrils of 25% of the population?
Can a person really be a terrorist if he threatens to make things more like what they already are? Could be that he was simply exercising free speech, if all he wished to do was to make a point.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:02pmIMO being threatened with a biological agent is = to being threatened with any other deadly weapon.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:55pmJust another of obama’s OCCUPOOPERS doing what they do best.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:54pmHmm, I wonder if Obama might use that tactic in the upcoming election.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:53pmMake no mistake our Government has probably been doing some pretty sneaky stuff to us without our knowledge for a long time now but why does it matter if we know it doesnt seem to be anything we can do about it…………..Its all so sinister
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:54pmCouldn’t they just squirt him with one of those bottles of bleach, that are used to disinfect the tables?
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:54pmLol
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:53pmOf all the places to rob, he picks an internet cafe. What a loon.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:05pmRolling in the cash..nobody has their own computer these days.
Report Post »The Jewish Avenger
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:52pmAnyone remember when people were afraid to use pay telephones or look before sitting in a theatre because people with AIDS were rumoured to leave blood on needles and stick them in the change return in the payphones and stick them in the seats (with a note of course to let you know you were now infected with HIV/AIDS
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:08pmYep, I remember that. But unlike HIV, MRSA can be passed very easily. It’s a nasty bug that can do a lot of damage to an unaware public. HIV on the other hand has to be trasmitted through sharing needles, sexual contact, medical instrumentation that has not been properly autoclaved, etc. I worked in a hospital laboratory for many years and know first hand that I would rather draw blood from a person with HIV rather than enter a hospital room, even though using proper Personal Protective Equipment, of a patient with MRSA. I would NEVER not perform my duties as a phlebotomist no matter what disease the patient may have, but I ALWAYS took great care with MRSA patients. Same with TB patients.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 18, 2012 at 1:49pmClearly a Democrat Flea ******……
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