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Police: Wendy's chili finger identified
« on: May 13th, 2005, 6:46pm »
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Police: Wendy's chili finger identified
Friday, May 13, 2005 Posted: 2:21 PM EDT (1821 GMT)  
 
 
SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- Police say the finger that a woman found in a bowl of chili came from an associate of her husband's who lost the digit in an industrial accident.
 
"The jig is up. The puzzle pieces are beginning to fall into place," Police Chief Rob Davis said.
 
He said authorities "positively confirmed that this subject was in fact the source of the fingertip."  
 
The man is from Nevada and lost a part of his finger in an accident last December, Davis said. His identity was traced through a lead made to a Wendy's hot line, he said.
 
Davis said authorities "positively confirmed that this subject was in fact the source of the fingertip."
 
Anna Ayala, the 39-year-old woman who said she found the finger, was arrested last month at her suburban Las Vegas home.
 
Ayala maintains she bit down on a 1 1/2 inch-long finger fragment while dining March 22 with her family at a Wendy's in San Jose. She has denied placing the digit in her bowl.
 
She hired a lawyer and filed a claim against the franchise owner, but dropped the legal fight shortly after police searched her home.
 
Ayala, who has maintained her innocence, faces a maximum seven-year sentence if convicted of larceny charges, and at least another 16 months if convicted of unrelated charges that she allegedly bilked a woman $11,000 over a soured real estate deal two years ago.
 
Ayala has been involved in nearly a dozen legal battles, including a sexual harassment suit against an employer, an auto dealer over a car and even another fast-food chain for food poisoning.
 
 
 
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Re: Police: Wendy's chili finger identified
« Reply #1 on: May 14th, 2005, 7:59pm »
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Well, I'm glad they finally solved "the finger mystery". :clapping:
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Chili finger used to settle debt, mother says
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 Posted: 1:02 PM EDT  
 
 
 
SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- A man who lost part of his finger in a workplace accident was the source of the fingertip used in an alleged scam against Wendy's restaurants, and gave it away to settle a debt, his mother said.
 
"My son is the victim in this," Brenda Shouey said in an interview published in Wednesday's San Francisco Chronicle. "I believe he got caught in something, and he didn't understand what was going on."
 
Anna Ayala, 39, was arrested April 21 at her Las Vegas home on suspicion of attempted grand theft for allegedly costing Wendy's millions of dollars in a plot to shake down the company by claiming she found the finger in a bowl of chili in a restaurant in San Jose.
 
Ayala was to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon.
 
Shouey, of Worthington, Pennsylvania, said her son, Brian Paul Rossiter, 36, of Las Vegas, lost part of his finger in December in an accident at a paving company where he worked with James Plascencia, Ayala's husband. His hand got caught in a mechanical truck lift, she said.
 
She said he gave it to Plascencia to settle a $50 debt.
 
San Jose police announced last week the finger was obtained from an associate of Plascencia, but they have refused to identify him because he is cooperating in the investigation. They did not immediately return a message Wednesday seeking comment on the newspaper's account.
 
Shouey said her son had showed the severed finger to co-workers in a macho display of humor and was desperate for cash when he gave it away "to this character, James."
 
"My son is a happy-go-lucky guy. He thought it was cute to show" the severed finger, Shouey said. "It's like a man thing."
 
Shouey declined to give details of how the finger was preserved or whether Rossiter knew why Plascencia allegedly wanted the finger. She said her son told her of his role only this week and is keeping a low profile after undergoing intense police questioning.
 
Plascencia was arrested earlier this month on unrelated charges of failing to pay child support in a previous relationship.
 
 
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