Emy Turcas
07-08-2006, 03:56 PM
I got this in my e-mail and I suggest to everybody to read this cause its interested.
Emy
> Read this before your next gas fill-up.
> Folks:
> Please take a couple minutes to read this warning about Gas Pumping
> Handles.
> Warning: Look at the gas pump handle BEFORE you pump your gas. Please
> read and forward to anyone you know who drives a car.
> My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville, Florida,
> Police Department. I have been asked by state and local authorities
> to write this email in order to get the word out to car drivers of
> a very dangerous prank that is occurring in numerous states. Some
> person or persons have been affixing hypodermic needles to the
> underside of gas pump handles! These needles appear to be infected
> with HIV positive blood. In the Jacksonville area alone, there have
> been 17 cases of people being stuck by these needles over the past
> five (5) months. We have verified reports of at least 12 others in
> various states around the country. It is believed that these may be
> copycat incidents due to someone reading about the crimes or seeing
> them reported on television. At this point no one has been arrested
> and catching the perpetrator's) has become our top priority.
> Shockingly, of the 17 people who where stuck, 8 have tested HIV
> positive and because of the nature of the disease, the others could
> test positive in a couple years.
>
> Evidently the consumers go to fill their car with gas, and when
> picking up the pump handle get stuck with the infected needle.
>
> IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CAREFULLY CHECK THE HANDLE of the gas pump each
> time you use one. LOOK AT EVERY SURFACE YOUR HAND MAY TOUCH,
> INCLUDING UNDER THE HANDLE!
> If you do find a needle affixed to one, immediately contact your>
> local police department so they can collect the evidence.
>
> PLEASE HELP US BY MAINTAINING A VIGILANCE, AND BY FORWARDING THIS
> EMAIL TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO DRIVES. THE MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOW OF
> THIS, THE BETTER PROTECTED WE CAN ALL BE.
Emy
> Read this before your next gas fill-up.
> Folks:
> Please take a couple minutes to read this warning about Gas Pumping
> Handles.
> Warning: Look at the gas pump handle BEFORE you pump your gas. Please
> read and forward to anyone you know who drives a car.
> My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville, Florida,
> Police Department. I have been asked by state and local authorities
> to write this email in order to get the word out to car drivers of
> a very dangerous prank that is occurring in numerous states. Some
> person or persons have been affixing hypodermic needles to the
> underside of gas pump handles! These needles appear to be infected
> with HIV positive blood. In the Jacksonville area alone, there have
> been 17 cases of people being stuck by these needles over the past
> five (5) months. We have verified reports of at least 12 others in
> various states around the country. It is believed that these may be
> copycat incidents due to someone reading about the crimes or seeing
> them reported on television. At this point no one has been arrested
> and catching the perpetrator's) has become our top priority.
> Shockingly, of the 17 people who where stuck, 8 have tested HIV
> positive and because of the nature of the disease, the others could
> test positive in a couple years.
>
> Evidently the consumers go to fill their car with gas, and when
> picking up the pump handle get stuck with the infected needle.
>
> IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CAREFULLY CHECK THE HANDLE of the gas pump each
> time you use one. LOOK AT EVERY SURFACE YOUR HAND MAY TOUCH,
> INCLUDING UNDER THE HANDLE!
> If you do find a needle affixed to one, immediately contact your>
> local police department so they can collect the evidence.
>
> PLEASE HELP US BY MAINTAINING A VIGILANCE, AND BY FORWARDING THIS
> EMAIL TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO DRIVES. THE MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOW OF
> THIS, THE BETTER PROTECTED WE CAN ALL BE.