>>>
>>> Read this before your next gas fill-up. This world
gets sicker
everyday!
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 CH ECK 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> Rose Lambert, Chief Aide to Supervisor
Gerry Hyland,
Mount
>>> Vernon District, 2511 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA
22306.