> > > Subject: Better Safe than Sorry
> > >
> > > Please read and forward to anyone you know who
> > > drives.
> > > > > >
> > > My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the
> > > Jacksonville, Florida Police
> > > Department. I have been asked by state and local
> > > authorities to write
> > > this email in order to get the word out to car
> > > drivers of a very
> > > dangerous
> > > prank that is occurring in numerous states.
> > >
> > > Some person or persons have been affixing
> > > hypodermic needles to the
> > > underside of gas pump handles. These needles appear
> > > to be infected
> > > with HIV positive blood. In the Jacksonville area
> > > alone there have been
> > > 17
> > > cases of people being stuck by these needles over
> > > the past five months.
> > > We have verified reports of at least 12 others in
> > > various states around
> > > the
> > > country. It is believed that these may be copycat
> > > incidents due to
> > > someone
> > > reading about the crimes or seeing them reported on
> > > the television. At
> > > this point
> > > no one has been arrested and catching the
> > > perpetrator(s) has become our
> > > top
> > > priority.
> > >
> > > Shockingly, of the 17 people who where stuck, eight
> > > have tested HIV
> > > positive and because of the nature of the disease,
> > > the others could
> > > test positive in a couple years.
> > >
> > > Evidently the consumers go to fill their car with
> > > gas, and when picking
> > > up
> > > the pump handle get stuck with the infected needle.
> > > IT IS IMPERATIVE
> > > TO
> > > CAREFULLY CHECK THE HANDLE of the gas pump each time
> > > you use one. LOOK
> > > AT EVERY SURFACE YOUR HAND MAY TOUCH, INCLUDING
> > > UNDER THE HANDLE.
> > >
> > > If you do find a needle affixed to one, immediately
> > > contact your local
> > > police department so they can collect the evidence.
> > >
> > > PLEASE HELP US BY MAINTAINING A VIGILANCE AND BY
> > > FORWARDING THIS
> > > EMAIL TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO DRIVES. THE MORE
> > > PEOPLE WHO KNOW OF THIS
> > > THE BETTER PROTECTED WE CAN ALL BE.
> >
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