Iowa's Long Nightmare Is Over As A Serial Dine-And-Dasher Is Finally Caught

97x- Yesterday the news came out that a serial dine and dasher was wanted after walking out of several restaurant in Cedar Rapids. Well, last night he was caught! Tracy Haas got nabbed at the Applebee’s on Elmore right here in Davenport and was taken to the Scott County Jail on a intrastate detainer. It seems as though his years of not paying for his meals has caught up to him. Since 2016, the 46-year-old has been hitting up restaurants from Cedar Falls to Cedar Rapids. Thanks to his recent publicity, someone locally recognized him and called the police shortly after 8 P.M. on Monday night. Dwyer & Michaels spoke with a person who was at Applebee’s when Haas showed up. He was by himself, having some drinks at the bar and seemed intoxicated. The staff recognized Haas from the articles showing his photo and he was even wearing the same outfit. So they kept an eye on him and kept him distracted. Haas eventually stepped outside, like he was going to leave. The server says they went to talk to him and asked if he had an unpaid bill. Haas said he did and was just stepping outside to smoke a cigarette. That’s when the server noticed he wasn’t even holding a cigarette. That’s when the staff called police and reported him.

Remember when we finally caught Saddam Hussein and Paul Bremer held a press conference and famously said, “Ladies and gentlemen………………..WE GOT HIM!” and the place went bananas for like a full minute? That’s what they should’ve done after finally catching this dine-and-dasher. It would’ve been perfect. Hold a huge press conference, invite all the media, get Kim Reynolds out there and have her dramatically say, “Ladies and gentlemen………………WE GOT HIM!” Viral city if they had done that. I almost need them to still do it it’s such a good idea.

By the way, I consider dine and dashers to be the absolute scum of the earth. I worked in a restaurant once upon a time and there was nothing worse than having somebody dip out on their bill without paying. The feeling everybody had when that happened is a feeling no one should have to go through. Seems dramatics  but it’s a supper shitty thing to do. So for this dude to be dining and dashing for TWO YEARS makes him the biggest dickhead ever. Pay your bill, you asshole. We’re living in a society. Was he exhausted all the time? He had to be from not being able to sleep with that weighing on his mind. He had to feel so guilty about ripping off all those Applebees and Oliver Gardens. Or maybe he didn’t feel guilty about which would make him a sociopath and should be locked up forever.