Prank call led to employees smashing up store

A Circle K store in Globe, Arizona, was left severely damaged, with windows broken and merchandise destroyed. But it wasn't the work of vandals, it was done by two gullible store employees. Police say the employees thought they were following instructions from a security company, but it was a prank call.



The prankster called in and posed as Circle K corporate security, they claimed a silent fire alarm was going off and he instructed the employees to do certain things to stop the alarm. "The first thing they asked him to do was discharge fire extinguishers inside the store, which apparently did not raise any alarms when they did that," said a spokesperson with the Globe Police Department.

The caller then went on to tell them to throw the extinguishers through the windows, which they did. "They finally ordered them to break the computer which is kind of when the light bulb went off that this is a prank call ... unfortunately it didn't go off any sooner, and the store employees caused a significant amount of damage to the store," he added.



Police are investigating the prank, but they could only shake their heads in wonder, and wonder why they did what they did. "I think whoever did it should be ashamed of what they had done, and whoever made that call should pay for what they did," said Phillips. The store is now boarded up, but open for business. It's unclear whether both store employees kept their jobs.

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