Georgia sheriff calls police after Burger King store receives ‘wrong order’ | US News

Footage has emerged showing a Georgia sheriff calling police when a Burger King restaurant allegedly messed up his order.

The incident was captured on body camera and shows Craig Owens Sr summoning deputies to the outlet in Cobb County, located in metro Atlanta.

This happened in March 2023, but the images have just been released on Facebook by David Cavender, his rival for sheriff in the next election.

The video appears to show deputies rushing to the scene with their lights and sirens on.

Sheriff Owens asks them to get the name of the owner or manager of the store so he can file an official complaint because “the food was not good.”

The staff allegedly refused to exchange the order and locked the door out of fear for their safety.

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One clip shows the sheriff sitting in his car telling deputies, “I want to order him (his wife) a Whopper without mayonnaise, cut in half, right?”

“I’m going to look for all the possible names,” one of the deputies told him.

They gain access to the locked Burger King and the video later shows them handing over a piece of paper with names on it.

“You didn’t tell him who I was, did you?” asks the sheriff.

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His rival for the job, Mr Cavender, claimed the footage showed an abuse of power and a waste of police resources.

In a statement reported by local news site WKTC, Sheriff Owens denied the claim and said it was a matter every citizen had the right to report.

“I was not wearing my uniform and at no time during my interactions with personnel did I identify myself as a member of the law enforcement community,” he said.

“At no time did I state my position or ask the responders to do anything that they would not do, would not have done, or would not have done for anyone else who called for a commercial dispute.”