MCDONALD’S EMPLOYEE ACCUSED OF SELLING HEROIN AT DRIVE-UP WINDOW IN HAPPY MEAL BOXES

A McDonald’s employee in Pittsburgh was charged with selling heroin in Happy Meals to customers who used the code phrase, “I’d like to order a toy,” reports Associated. 

Allegheny County authorities made the arrest after an informant told them that an employee was selling the drug at a McDonald’s in the East Liberty section of the city.

Customers looking for heroin were instructed to go through the drive-thru and say, “I’d like to order a toy,” said Mike Manko, spokesman for District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. The customer would then drive to the window, hand over the money and get a Happy Meal box containing heroin in exchange, Manko said.

Undercover agents set up a drug buy and arrested Shania Dennis, 26, of East Pittsburgh. Dennis denied wrongdoing to reporters as she was being led away in handcuffs.

Authorities said they found 10 bags of heroin in a Happy Meal box and recovered another 50 bags from the suspect.