Report: Fired cop threatened for free java

An investigation has concluded that a Daytona Beach, Fla., police lieutenant threatened to revoke a Starbucks' protection if it didn't serve him free coffee.

The internal affairs investigation found Lt. Major Garvin, a 15-year police veteran, demanded free fancy tea and specialty coffee from a Starbucks location inside the Ocean Walk Shoppes and threatened the business that police response to a crime at the store would be delayed if they did not comply, the Daytona (Fla.) News-Journal reported Friday.

Chief Mike Chitwood, who fired Garvin July 8, said the lieutenant demanded a polygraph test and the machine suggested he was lying when he denied demanding the products and threatening to delay police reaction to an incident at Starbucks.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

Publication date: 18 July 2008

Source: UPI-1-20080718-20185000-bc-us-freecoffee.xml

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Report: Fired cop threatened for free java

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