JUNCTION CITY, Kan. — A Kansas police officer has resigned after he admitted to making up a story that a McDonald’s employee wrote an expletive and the word “pig” on a coffee cup, the police chief announced Monday.
Herington Police Chief Brian Hornaday said at a news conference that the now-former officer “completely and solely fabricated” the allegations. Hornaday said the officer told him the incident was “meant to be a joke.”
Hornaday did not name the 23-year-old officer, but said he had been with the department about two months after spending approximately five years in the Army. The police chief also “applauded” McDonald’s for conducting its own investigation and for cooperating.
It’s “absolutely a black eye on law enforcement,” Hornaday said, also calling the incident an “obvious violation” of the public’s trust.
