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Flin Flon RCMP won't press charges against a woman whose idea of a practical joke was perceived as an attempted armed robbery. The 21-year-old woman who, while wearing a mask and carrying a ornament wrapped in a blanket, entered KFC last month and tried to joke with a cashier. The bizarre prank was interpreted as a possible attempted holdup, as an individual who contacted police thought the veiled ornament may have been a rifle. "We've investigated the incident and we are dealing with it non-judically," said Cpl. Leslie Beck. Police had been told that the masked woman uttered "This is a holdup" to the cashier, but she denied making that statement.
