When Seth Messer and Ajayci Cotton entered the Dunkin Donuts\/Baskin Robbins off the Ky. 192 Bypass Tuesday afternoon, they had one thing in mind: Steal a cake and upload it to social media. <\/p>\n
They didnt think about the consequences of their actions. <\/p>\n
Messer, 19, of London and Cotton, 18, of Manchester, were arrested by Detective Jason Back of the Laurel County Sheriffs Office shortly after they pulled off their prank that eventually landed them in jail. <\/p>\n
The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. when the two entered the establishment and Messer stole the cake while Cotton filmed the incident to upload to a social media site. As employees confronted the pair, Messer reportedly said something to the effect of this is my cake now and used profanity, according to Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, public affairs deputy for the sheriffs office. <\/p>\n
The two left the restaurant and employees were able to write down their license plate number. The car was later spotted and the two were arrested by Back at approximately 4:51 p.m. Acciardo said that Messer asked if were really going to jail for this? when he was arrested. <\/p>\n
Yes, Acciardo said. You stole something that did not belong to you. Stealing is stealing. He added that the two said they did it as a prank. <\/p>\n
The cake was valued at $25 to $30 and that could result in a misdemeanor theft charge. However, officers chose to charge the two with felony third-degree burglary because of the circumstances, including that the two went into a business and left despite being confronted by employees. The charge could be reduced during the court process. <\/p>\n
The two were lodged in the Laurel County Detention Center. Assisting on the arrest were Lieut. Greg Poynter, Sgt. Robbie Grimes, Detective Kyle Gray and Detective Chris Edwards. <\/p>\n
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