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>> THE KID JUST WANTED A WHOPPER. I GUESS WHEN YOU WANT A WHOPPER, YOU WANT A WHOPPER. SHANNON: TONIGHT ONLY ON FOUR, HE HAS A WHOPPER OF A STORY FOR YOU. PITT STUDENT CHRISTOPHER WAELTERMANN, WHO LIVES WITH AUTISM, SAYS ALL HE WANTED WAS A BURGER. MIKE C THE FAST FOOD CRAVING LANDED HIM ON THE FAST TRACK TO POLICE CUSTODY, ALL BECAUSE OF SOME BAD DIRECTIONS. >> HE WAS HUNGRY. HE WANTED TO GO TO BURGER KING. HE LIKES HIS WHOPPERS. MIKE C.: AND WHEN THAT BURGER CRAVING CALLED, CHRISTOPHER WAELTERMAN TURNED TO GOOGLE MAPS, PUNCHING IN BURGER KING NEAR OAKLAND. >> AND FOR SOME ODD REASON, BY THE TIME THAT I HAD GOTT THERE, IT LED ME TO THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MIKE C.: BUT AT FIRS HE SAYS HE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A PITT BUILDING. >> SO HE’S PULLING ON THE DOORS , YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET IN, THINKING THAT BURGER KING WAS IN THERE. MIKE C.: AND AFTER 21-YEAR-OLD WAELTERMANN DECIDED TO LEAVE, HE SAYS UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH POLICE SHOWED UP. >> YOU CAN’T FAULT THE POLICE FOR, YOU KNOW, COMING AND CHECKING IT OUT BECAUSE SOMEBODY DID CALL. >> I WOULD NOT STEAL ANYTHING. I HAD NO INTENTION. MIKE C.: CHRISTOPHER SAYS HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO POLICE WHERE THE MIX-UP CAME IN. >> I DID HE BEST WITH ABILITY WITH MY SOCIAL SKILLS IMPEDIMENT AS AUTISM, TO CONVINCE THE OFFICERS THAT THIS IS ENTIRELY A MISUNDERSTANDING. MIKE C.: BUT HE SAYS HE WAS TAKEN IN AND CUFFED. >> MY COMPLAINTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH POLICE WAS THE HANDCUFFS AND THE LEG CUFFS, ESPECIALLY WITH SOMEONE WITH AUTISM LIKE ME. >> I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE PROTOCOLS, BUT I HIGHLY DOUBT HE WAS A THREAT TO ANYONE >> GOOGLE, FIX YOUR PROGRAMS. MIKE C.: AS FOR THAT BURGER -- DID YOU GET BURGER KING AFTERWARDS? NO. I RAN OUT OF TIME. MIKE C.: HIS MOM CINDY SAYS IN THE END POLICE EVENTUALLY DID , THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE THEY REALIZED WAELTERMANN WAS TELLING THE TRUTH, AND LET HIM GO WITHOUT CHARGES. THIS IS

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Pitt student Christopher Waeltermann said his burger craving left him in police cuffs after a Google Maps mix-up took him to the wrong address."The kid just wanted a Whopper. I guess when you want a Whopper you want a Whopper," his mother, Cindy Waeltermann, said. Christopher Waeltermann, who is living with autism, said he put "Burger King near Oakland" into his phone and followed the directions. But, he said, "For some odd reason, by the time that I had gotten there, it led me to the private residence of the chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh." Waeltermann said at first, he thought it was just a Pitt building. "So, he's pulling on the doors and, you know, trying to get in, thinking that Burger King was in there," said Cindy Waeltermann. The 21-year-old eventually decided to leave but that's when University of Pittsburgh police arrived. "You can't fault the police for, you know, coming and checking it out because somebody did call," said Cindy Waeltermann. Christopher Waeltermann said he had no intention of stealing anything and that he tried to explain the mix-up to the police, but they cuffed him. "I did the best with my ability, with as much of a social skill impediment as autism, to convince the officers that this is entirely a misunderstanding," said Waeltermann. Waeltermann now wants Google to fix the program that caused the glitch. Meantime, he said "My complaints for the University of Pittsburgh police was the handcuffs and the leg cuffs especially with someone with autism, like me." Cindy Waeltermann said she understands police have protocols but she doubts her son was a threat to anyone. She said, in the end, police eventually did the right thing when they realized her son was telling the truth and they let him go without charges. As for that burger, however, Christopher Waeltermann said he never got it because he "ran out of time."Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reached out to Google and the University of Pittsburgh for comment.April marks Autism Awareness Month.