Police find suspect in ice cream-licking incident, turn case over to juvenile justice system

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The person seen licking an ice cream container before putting it back in a Texas Walmart’s freezer was identified as a juvenile and the case has been turned over to the juvenile justice system, police said. The female, who police say licked a tub of Blue Bell Tin Roof ice cream last week in a Walmart store in Lufkin, Texas, is a juvenile from San Antonio and her name will not be released, Lufkin Fire and Police wrote in a Facebook post. The youth's boyfriend is an adult.

"We do not intend to pursue charges against her as an 'adult' and therefore what happens from here is at the discretion of the juvenile justice system,” the statement reads. “As to whether her boyfriend will face charges, we are currently discussing his involvement with prosecutors". Detectives have “identified and spoken with the suspect and her boyfriend in the ‘Blue Bell licking’ case,” police said. Both were “forthcoming with what occurred and admitted to the act.”

Police said they believe the pair entered the store on June 28 about 11 p.m. before pulling the half-gallon container off the shelf. Footage of the incident was shared on Twitter and has been viewed more than 11 million times. Blue Bell called the incident a "malicious act" in a statement on its website.

Lufkin Fire and Police said Blue Bell had pulled all of the half-gallon containers of the ice cream flavor “Tin Roof,” which the woman can be seen licking, from the Walmart location’s shelves.

A Walmart in Corpus Christi, Texas, located several hours away from Lufkin, placed an employee with a water gun outside the freezer to keep other potential ice cream lickers away.
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That last sentence:
“A Walmart in Corpus Christi, Texas, located several hours away from Lufkin, placed an employee with a water gun outside the freezer to keep other potential ice cream lickers away.”



https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/451785-police-find-suspect-in-ice-cream-licking-incident-turn-case

[Brawndo]

1. And that, kids, is the story of how the ice cream security profession got it's start in America

The more you know...

[customerserviceguy]

9. I'm waiting for the action-adventure movie about it:

"Brain Freeze"

[TwilightZone]

2. The watergun story is actually pretty funny.

Blue Bell is kind of a big deal here in Texas, so they were having a laugh with it.

https://www.click2houston.com/trending/were-guarding-our-blue-bell-texas-walmart-pokes-fun-at-ice-cream-licking-video_

[customerserviceguy]

10. Why doesn't Blue Bell

have tamper-resistant closures for their product? The ice cream I've bought for the past decade or more has had a shrink-wrap closure that normally takes a knife or a pair of kitchen scissors to open, and would show clear signs of tampering if someone took off a lid and then tried to put it back on with the closure still on the lid.

[CatMor]

3. I don't find this incident funny at all ...

what she did is disgusting. She is old enough to have a adult boyfriend and be out shopping at 11:00PM she should be old enough for some punishment. I sure hope this doesn't become a trend.

[Demovictory9]

4. it is disgusting. glad they caught her

[jberryhill]

5. .

https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/09/entertainment/ariana-grande-donut-licking-america/index.html

Ariana Grande apologizes and explains doughnut licking

[CatMor]

6. She was just as disgusting and admitted it ...

but I didn't find her apology sincere and she got away with it. If she was so concerned about American eating habits what was she doing in a donut shop.

[Jake Stern]

7. To them it's hilarious because it happened to somebody else

Yet I bet every last person treating this like a joke would be in a vein popping rage if they saw a server spit in their food.

I spent nearly 2 decades in food service and have seen people fired for licking food prep items. It food tampering and it's a criminal act.

Yes I see Ariana Grande got off. So do a lot of other celebrities. Does that mean that everybody else should be let go?

[CatMor]

8. No one should be let go ...

tampering with food is very serious. It could lead to sickness and even death.