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Murrieta Cop Delivers Pizza After Arresting Delivery Driver
A police officer finished the job of a pizza delivery driver after arresting him by delivering the pie to the rightful address.
MURRIETA, CA — Officers from the Murrieta Police Department were out on a routine patrol Friday when they spotted a traffic violator. As it turned out, the driver not only had an outstanding felony warrant but a piping hot pizza to deliver.
So, Officer John McCarthy stepped up to finish the delivery driver's job.
"Unfortunately the driver had to be arrested for their warrant but fear not," Murrieta Police officers wrote in a post on Instagram. "Officer McCarthy stepped in to fill the delivery driver's shoes and got the pizza to the hungry citizen."
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The hot pie was safely delivered to the rightful address, police said.
"The smile on the hungry citizen's face was all the 'tip' needed to know we are doing a good job," police wrote in the post.
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