Robert Farnam

RESTAURANT SCAMMER SCAMS AGAIN

WAUKESHA, WI -- A Waukesha, Wisconsin man who went to a series of restaurants in the city and complained of chest pains to avoid paying his bills is out on bail.

Robert Farnam, 52, was arrested after he took a cab to a mall Monday and pretended to have a heart attack, thus avoiding paying the cab driver. Farnam then allegedly ate at a local restaurant and complained of chest pains as a way to get out of paying his bill.

The fire department took Farnam to the hospital, where a doctor recognized him as having pulled the same stunt previously.

He was charged with defrauding a restaurant as a habitual criminal. He could get up to nine months in prison and a $10,000 fine.