claim: Sledgehammer was first performed live in Canada.
evidence: The strip search phone call scam is a series of incidents that extended over a period of about ten years before an arrest was made in 2004 .. strip search. strip search. arrest. arrest. The incidents involved a man prank calling a restaurant or grocery store , claiming to be a police officer and then convincing managers to conduct strip searches of female employees , and to perform other bizarre acts on behalf of `` the police '' .. The calls were most often placed to fast-food restaurants in small towns , located in rural areas of the United States .. rural areas. rural. Over 70 such occurrences were reported in 30 U.S. states , until an incident in 2004 in Mount Washington , Kentucky -LRB- population 9,117 -RRB- , finally led to the arrest of David Richard Stewart , a 37‑year-old employee of Corrections Corporation of America , a firm contracted by several states to provide corrections officers at private detention facilities .. arrest. arrest. Corrections Corporation of America. Corrections Corporation of America. firm. Business. private detention facilities. Private prison. On October 31 , 2006 , Stewart was acquitted of all charges in the Mount Washington case .. acquitted. Acquittal#United States. He was suspected of , but never charged with , having made other , similar scam calls .