Taco Bell Worker Jason Dean Allegedly Handcuffed Himself To Woman Who Refused Dates

Oh, the things we'll do for love.

A Ringgold, Ga., Taco Bell employee came on a bit too strongly when he allegedly handcuffed himself to a co-worker who'd rejected his romantic advances for weeks, according to a police report obtained by The Smoking Gun.

For more than a month, Dalton resident Jason Dean's overtures were met with repeated rejection from his would-be sweetheart, identified only as Rebecca. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that Rebecca, 18, even scheduled her work hours to deliberately avoid overlapping shifts.

But on Monday, the 24-year-old decided to decided to take the matter into his own -- and her -- hands.

According to the incident report, "Rebecca states that as she was trying to get to her car Jason handcuffed himself to Rebecca's wrist. Jason did let Rebecca go after co-workers went over to where they were at after Rebecca had yelled for them."

As the bad date came to an abrupt end with Rebecca free, the suspect fled in a green Nissan. He was arrested at his home two days later by Dalton State College campus police.

Authorities detained Dean at the Catoosa County jail, where he was charged with false imprisonment and held on a $2,500 bond.

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Comments

[Michael Mayer]

12:21 AM on 09/23/2011

if he had done this in a movie, it would have been humorous and sweet

[Mara Ramsaier]

12:20 PM on 09/23/2011

Exactly! It's actually kind of romantic in a sick way.

[Max Shaw]

04:14 PM on 09/22/2011

Look at his face! I doubt this guy gets any love at home and this may be a strecth--but I would put him on suicide watch. He doesnt look well. Those eyes tell a weird-a** story.

[Natasha Phillips]

09:12 PM on 08/17/2011

A NEW LOW: Taco Bell Worker Allegedly Handcuffed Himself To Woman Who Refused Dates From HIm....... CREEP!!

[Sarah Bano]

01:51 PM on 08/16/2011

He kinda cute but it really weird that he did that.

[TheSecularist]

12:04 PM on 08/16/2011

could this be the beginning of a serial rapist/killer? who know what he might have done if he hadn't been caught.

[Max Shaw]

04:14 PM on 09/22/2011

yes.

[janeyre]

10:49 PM on 08/15/2011

She should get to the firing range and practice...

[lib2dbone]

07:02 PM on 08/15/2011

Nothing says, "I'm so lonely" like having to handcuff a date to you..

[nightrituals]

07:00 PM on 08/15/2011

Some of the flippant reactions to this guy's behavior are disturbing. "Poor him!" (Seriously?!) If some love-lorn creep handcuffed himself to me, I'd give his face a date with my fist.

[O Dannyboy]

04:51 PM on 08/15/2011

Sounds like true imprisonment to me.

[Blackwing]

04:37 PM on 08/15/2011

He needs to quit eating so many tacos made with nasty meat.

[IndependentBadger]

02:09 PM on 08/15/2011

I blame his parents. What kind of moron raises a child like this? My three year old wouldn't try this. Maybe I'm missing some mental illness here. Otherwise, this is mom and dad's fault. Losers!

[vernsmaria]

12:30 PM on 08/15/2011

I may be wrong but once he put the handcuff on her, wouldn't that be kidnapping?

[Michael L Roenicke]

07:49 PM on 09/22/2011

Kidnapping is taking someone from a location. What this moron did, as stated in the article, is called false imprisonment.

[vernsmaria]

12:26 PM on 08/15/2011

These are the type of guys women find online.He just tried a new approach.
If he has to handcuff women maybe he should try men.

[Blackwing]

04:38 PM on 08/15/2011

LOL

[CouchPotatoCop]

08:16 PM on 08/14/2011

There's a fine line between persistence and being a stalker, and this dude definitely crossed it. Kinda creepy. I"m sure the Taco Bell executives appreciate the publicity.

[poeticjustice4all]

01:17 PM on 08/14/2011

At least he didn't fly an unmanned predator drone over her neighborhood and drop a bomb on the woman's house, killing her, her neighbors and anybody else who happened to be in the area.

Now THAT would've been a news story.