Couple Sentenced in Wendy’s Chili Case
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Nevada couple who pulled the finger-in-the-Wendy’s-chili scam were sentenced Wednesday to stiff prison sentences.
Anna Ayala, 40, who said she bit into the digit, was sentenced to nine years. Her husband, Jaime Plascencia, 44, who obtained the finger from a co-worker who had lost it in a workplace accident, was sentenced to more than 12 years.
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