HOUSTON -
Adrian Heath can't stop talking about his food run around midnight Friday.
He has a receipt, but he also has a ticket from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department.
"I was cuffed and put in the back of the patrol car", Heath said.
It started at the drive-thru lane of a Taco Cabana on Highway 242 in the Woodlands. Heath wanted breakfast tacos, but was told they were not available for a few minutes. So Heath went to a Whataburger next door and ordered tacquitos and went home.
"That should have been the end of the story," Heath said.
The story was just starting for Heath. Someone in or near the Taco Cabana called deputies saying a customer left the store without paying. After running the license plate on the car, a deputy went to the restaurant and to Heath's home.
"The deputy realized no theft occurred," Lt. Dan Norris said.
There was no theft, but this was not over.
Heath would not show the deputy his identification. Despite being asked more than once. Heath got that ticket for failing to properly identify himself to a law enforcement officer. It could mean a fine--making a night out for breakfast an expensive ordeal
"I think that's wrong. The law says you only have to identify yourself if you are under arrest, I wasn't under arrest, I was in my driveway about to have a meal," said Heath.
He has a receipt, but he also has a ticket from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department.
"I was cuffed and put in the back of the patrol car", Heath said.
It started at the drive-thru lane of a Taco Cabana on Highway 242 in the Woodlands. Heath wanted breakfast tacos, but was told they were not available for a few minutes. So Heath went to a Whataburger next door and ordered tacquitos and went home.
"That should have been the end of the story," Heath said.
The story was just starting for Heath. Someone in or near the Taco Cabana called deputies saying a customer left the store without paying. After running the license plate on the car, a deputy went to the restaurant and to Heath's home.
"The deputy realized no theft occurred," Lt. Dan Norris said.
There was no theft, but this was not over.
Heath would not show the deputy his identification. Despite being asked more than once. Heath got that ticket for failing to properly identify himself to a law enforcement officer. It could mean a fine--making a night out for breakfast an expensive ordeal
"I think that's wrong. The law says you only have to identify yourself if you are under arrest, I wasn't under arrest, I was in my driveway about to have a meal," said Heath.
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