Giant Burrito Causes School Lock-Down<\/p>\n
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A 911 call about a possible weapon at a middle school
prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets
and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito.<\/p>\n
Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carrying something
long and wrapped up into Marshall Junior High School. The drama ended two
hours later when the suspicious item was identified as a 30-inch burrito
filled with steak, guacamole, lettuce, salsa and jalapenos. It was wrapped
inside tin foil and a white T-shirt.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry,” school Principal Diana Russell
said.<\/p>\n
Russell said the mystery was solved after she brought everyone in the
school together in the auditorium to explain what was going on. Afterward,
eighth-grader Michael Morrissey approached her. “He said, ‘I think I’m the
person they saw,”‘ Russell said. <\/p>\n
The burrito was part of Morrissey’s extra-credit assignment to create
commercial advertising for a product. “We had to make up a product and it
could have been anything. I made up a restaurant that specialized in oddly
large burritos,” Morrissey said. <\/p>\n
After students heard the description of what police were looking for, he
and his friends began to make the connection. He then took the burrito to
the office. “I have a new nickname now. It’s Burrito Boy,” Morrissey said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"