On April 2nd, 1989, Ames Police responded to a robbery at the Burger King on Lincoln Way in Ames. Iowa State basketball player and Iowa State defensive back Mark Levin had herded the employees of the restaurant into the walk-in freezer so they could rob the restaurant. What the two hadn’t realized, is that an employee working the drive-thru window had climbed through the window and run to the police station to alert the authorities.
When the two emerged from the Burger King with a .22 and a large knife in hand, the police asked the two to drop the weapons.