Courtesy of Jr. Deputy Accountant
Selling coffee is serious business. Starbucks has gone supersize to try to capture customers, but they can’t quite figure out the food thing. Scones? Muffins? Eggawhatthefuckins? Dunkin’ Donuts has that nailed: Hello, they selldonuts. And perhaps other treats, if you believe the police in Rockaway, N.J.
A 29-year-old woman working the night shift at Dunkin Donuts is facing prostitution charges for allegedly taking breaks from selling donuts and coffee to provide sexual services in exchange for money.
Melissa Redmond, 29, of Mine Hill, was arrested after a six week investigation known as “extra sugar” that began when police got a tip that people could go to the Dunkin Donuts on Route 46 and arrange a liaison with Redmond.
“I had gotten an anonymous tip,” Detective Sgt. Kyle Schwarzmann, who led the investigation. “She was a night time employee (working 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.), supposedly a very good one.’’
Schwarzmann began gathering information and doing surveillance at the scene. He noticed on multiple evenings that she would go out to cars to see customers and would spend 10 or 15 minutes there, he said.
“Sometimes I ‘d even see money changing hands,’’ Schwarzmann said, adding that sometimes the cars would stay in the parking lot and other times they would drive to another nearby location.
An undercover operation was developed with the assistance of Officer Robert Koehler and Officer Scott Haigh acting as the undercover “John.”
First, this was a six-week investigation? The parking lot "surveillance" must be have been extensive on this case. Or something. Not to judge. Just hope he grabbed some napkins from the counter.
And second, maybe that’s just how she fills an order for donut holes.
