HERINGTON, Kan. (AP) A Kansas police department is apologizing after an officer admitted to making up a story that a McDonalds employee wrote an expletive and the word pig on a coffee cup.
Herington Police Chief Brian Hornaday said in a news release Wednesday that he is truly sorry for all unnecessary, negative attention and pain that this incident has brought to every person who was affected.
The apology came after Hornaday announced Monday that the now-former officer completely and solely fabricated the allegation that he was handed the coffee cup with the expletive at a McDonalds drive-thru in Junction City. Hornaday said then that the officer told him the incident was meant to be a joke and resigned.