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STRATFORD, N.J. — Police in New Jersey said they charged a restaurant cook with aggravated assault for concealing a “body hair” in food prepared for an officer.
Authorities said Ryan Burke, 26, of Stratford, was working Feb. 21 at Good Foods to Go in Evesham when he concealed the “body hair” on a bagel sandwich made for a police officer, whose name was not released, The Courier Post, Cherry Hill, N.J., reported Thursday.
Burke was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, food tampering and retaliation for a past official action.
Burke, who denies the accusation, said he was arrested by the officer in March 2009 for failing to pull over during a traffic stop. However, he said the officer is a regular at the restaurant and there had been no previous incidents.
“I think that this is absurd,” said Burke, who was fired from the restaurant following the incident. “They decided to ruin my life.”
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