(WIBW) – A former Herington Police Department officer issued an apology for making up a story that a fast food worker wrote an expletive on his coffee cup.
William Darling, who resigned his position after admitting the hoax, issued a statement late Friday to The Herington Times.
“I want to express my deepest, most sincere apology to McDonald’s (in Junction City), the law enforcement community, the citizens and law enforcement officers in the Junction City area, the citizens of Herington and the Herington Police Department,” Darling wrote.
Police Chief Brian Hornaday posted a photo to social media Dec. 28 showing a McDonald’s coffee cup and a receipt with the words “f***ing pig.” Hornaday said Darling told him he got the coffee from a Junction City McDonald’s on his way to work that morning, and discovered the receipt with the words.
Hornaday’s post…
