-----Original Message----- From: Lavonda Smith [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 8:14 AM To: 'Angela.Saab'; [log in to unmask]; 'Dana Kruger'; 'Darrell Williams'; 'G.E. Rosser'; 'Gerald.Marshall'; 'Hector.Manrique'; 'Ingrid Ramirez'; [log in to unmask]; 'jrc4you'; 'Juan Batres'; 'Karen.Hardy'; 'Kenneth.Blakely'; [log in to unmask]; 'Linda.Carson'; 'Mario Pastor'; 'Max Verner'; 'Nate.West'; 'Olivia.Toliver-Palmer'; 'Robbie.Pierce'; 'Schenukia.Adams'; [log in to unmask]; 'Susan Alia'; 'Terri Williams'; 'Tiffany.Yarbrough'; 'Walter.King' Subject: FW: Fw: Make sure you read this, and be careful when your pumping gas -----Original Message----- From: Donna Urie [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 7:06 AM To: 'alexia'; 'alyson'; 'cindy'; 'gary'; 'jimmy'; 'Laura Urie'; 'lavonda'; 'maria s'; 'maria u'; 'mum'; 'Rebecca Urie'; 'rene'; 'teresa'; 'yasha' Subject: FW: Fw: Make sure you read this, and be careful when your pumping gas > >> > > > > **********DANGEROUS PRANK:***************** > > > Please read and forward to anyone you know who drives. > > > > > > 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 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 the > > >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, eight 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 > > > THISEMAIL TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO DRIVES. THE MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOW OF > > >THIS THE BETTER PROTECTED WE CAN ALL BE. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------