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2019-07-05 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Blue Bell ice cream licker could face 20 years in prison

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Posted by Fred 2019-07-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Wait.. now that's just excessive.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-07-05 01:46|| 2019-07-05 01:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Here's the scoop, get a good attorney. Make the case that ice cream was too cold for second degree tampering. Maybe the judge will rule in her flavor and turn the whole thing into a float.

Posted by Phaick Uneretle6310 2019-07-05 02:46|| 2019-07-05 02:46|| Front Page Top

#3 ☺ Nice.

The world is crazy. If she had been a Kardashian, people would be falling over each other to bid for the tub.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-07-05 05:29|| 2019-07-05 05:29|| Front Page Top

#4 It’s not excessive, it is precisely what is needed.

Posted by Hupolet Bourbon1119 2019-07-05 05:47|| 2019-07-05 05:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Consequences - make em happen

Posted by Frank G 2019-07-05 07:39|| 2019-07-05 07:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Blue Bell had a huge recall back in 2016 after a listeria scare. I imagine Blue Bell wasn't too thrilled about this young lady's prank.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-07-05 09:16|| 2019-07-05 09:16|| Front Page Top

#7 The Listeria contamination and subsequent closing to rectify matters nearly put them out of business. Their dairy providers had all that milk and they had to do something with it. Some found other buyers. This women needs to feel the full force of the law, so that others may learn.

Posted by Kojo Snore9943 2019-07-05 09:45|| 2019-07-05 09:45|| Front Page Top

#8 Bus driver raper of a 14 yo gets no jail time.

'Saliva tampering', 20 years.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-07-05 10:35|| 2019-07-05 10:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Glad they caught her. Glad she is being prosecuted. Agree that 20 years would be a ridiculous sentence for this crime.

Posted by Iblis 2019-07-05 13:03|| 2019-07-05 13:03|| Front Page Top

#10 Crap. I really like Blue Bell, and now the copycats are going to come out in droves.

Posted by PBMcL 2019-07-05 16:32|| 2019-07-05 16:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Wait.. now that's just excessive.

Permit me to retort.
First, 2 to 20 is the range for the felony of tampering with a consumer product. She has not yet been convicted or sentenced.

Second, what is the cost of her actions? Leaving aside the sacred nature of Blue Bell ice cream in Texas, is it simply a 5 dollar tub of ice cream? Plus the cost of the similar tubs that were destroyed, just in case? The damage to the brand? Tylenol(tm) took a huge hit after a product tampering scare way back when. Is it the loss of social cohesion when we can no longer trust our fellow citizens? On her social media account, she mentioned she had been sick and made a Flu Bell ice cream joke.

Third, punishment serves not just to chastise the perp, but to remind any would-be copycats that an unpleasant fate awaits them. This is worse than minor vandalism. Last thing we need is for it to turn into one of those viral social media challenges.

tl;dr: this sort of behavior chaps my caboose and I hope she gets spanked hard. Pity her parents didn't do it.

Posted by SteveS 2019-07-05 17:45|| 2019-07-05 17:45|| Front Page Top

#12 Having seen pictures of the little darling prankster and her encouraging companion, I wonder what infectious diseases she left on the container lid. 20 years wouldn't be enough for some illnesses.

Posted by brujotejano 2019-07-05 17:53|| 2019-07-05 17:53|| Front Page Top

#13 #11 - Double agree. Fry her and the tool who video'd and put her up to - as she's apparently a minor. 70 years' probation then smack the shit out of her if she misbehaves/didn't learn.

They've ID'd her

Posted by Frank G 2019-07-05 18:08|| 2019-07-05 18:08|| Front Page Top

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