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Girl, 13, With Knife Demands Burger, Tampa Police Say

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By VALERIE KALFRIN | The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 14, 2008

TAMPA - A 13-year-old girl released from the county Juvenile Assessment Center landed back inside after she tried to rob a Burger King at knifepoint over a cheeseburger, police said.

The girl, who was wearing pajamas and socks when she was arrested Saturday, told Tampa police she was hungry when she brandished a kitchen knife inside the restaurant and demanded, "Give me a burger!"

The Tampa Tribune is not identifying the girl because of her age.

The girl had been released about 8 a.m. Saturday on an unrelated charge. About 9:26 a.m., she took the kitchen knife and walked to the restaurant at 2601 E. Hillsborough Ave., where she confronted an employee at the rear entrance, police said.

Police said a witness heard the girl yelling, "Give me a … cheeseburger now!" The girl chased the employee through the kitchen before other employees subdued her, police said.

No one was injured.

Police charged the girl with felony armed burglary, felony armed robbery and violation of home detention.

Reporter Valerie Kalfrin can be reached at (813) 259-7800 or vkalfrin@tampatrib.com.

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