Story highlights Restaurants in other states have also fallen for similar pranks

Burger King employee said he was following the lead of his co-workers

Police say prank could lead to felony charges

(CNN) It's a whopper of a prank that could lead to felony charges.

Calls have been coming into fast-food restaurants in several states, leading employees to break out the windows.

The prankster frames it as a gas emergency and the only way to vent the store is to smash all the glass.

At least three Burger Kings, one Wendy's and one Jack in the Box have fallen for the prank, or to copycats.

On Friday, workers at a Burger King in the Minneapolis suburb of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, smashed windows of the store after a caller convinced them the place might explode, police Capt. Tom Hawley told CNN.

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