McDonald's 'happy' meals came with a side of cocaine
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}McDonald's employee allegedly sold thousands of dollars of cocaine to undercover police officers. (iStock)
This was definitely not on the Dollar Menu.
A night shift manager at a Bronx McDonald’s was dishing up more than burgers and fries — he was busted for offering a side of cocaine in his Happy Meals.
Authorities caught Frank Guerrero, 26, red-handed during a three-month undercover investigation dubbed “Operation Off the Menu,” according to the city’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“The conduct was so blatant it would be comical if he weren’t committing a serious narcotics crime,” Brennan said. “Ordering coke took on an entirely different meaning on the night shift at this McDonald’s.”
Guerrero allegedly sold cops $10,900 worth of cocaine in eight separate sales out of the franchise at 1600 Bruckner Boulevard in the Soundview section of the Bronx.
Although the eatery only took late-night orders through the drive-through window, Guerrero allowed his drug customers to enter the main restaurant, officials said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In one sale to an undercover at the counter, he allegedly concealed cocaine in a cookie bag, which he placed inside a larger McDonald’s order of two cheeseburgers, a soda and fries, authorities said. Other employees were milling about nearby.
On another occasion, Guerrero allegedly took a break from flipping burgers to sell $6,250 worth of cocaine to an undercover inside the fast-food chain’s public bathroom.
He had allegedly stashed the drugs inside the restroom’s soap dispenser earlier that day, officials said. The undercover then sat at a booth and ate a McDonald’s meal personally delivered by Guerrero.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Five other sales were conducted in the McDonald’s parking lot. Police surveillance allegedly revealed that Guerrero regularly sold cocaine to buyers during his shift.
Authorities executed a search warrant on his home in the Pelham section of the Bronx, where they allegedly seized 200 grams of cocaine and $5,300 in cash. Leidy Cabral Castillo and her 2-year-old child were inside the apartment at the time.
Guerrero, who had worked at McDonald’s for eight years, was arrested Wednesday at 5 a.m. while wrapping up his shift.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Guerrero and Cabral Castillo are expected to be arraigned tonight in Manhattan Criminal Court on multiple counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawfully dealing with a child. He also faces numerous counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance.
This article originally appeared on the New York Post.