Woman seen licking ice cream in viral video faces up to 20 years in jail

[BUtterfield 8 41,818]

A woman filmed licking a tub of ice cream and returning it to a grocery store shelf in a viral video last week is facing up to 20 years in prison, police said Thursday.

The footage — which has been viewed more than 11 million times — shows the so-far unnamed woman opening a container, running her tongue across the ice cream then laughing as she places the violated dessert back in the freezer, in a branch of Walmart in the city of Lufkin, eastern Texas.

Police said on Wednesday they believed they had identified the suspect after "detectives had obtained surveillance video placing a woman matching the suspect description in the Lufkin store on June 28 around 11 p.m." They are waiting to finally verify her identity before issuing an arrest warrant.

Police also want to speak to the man she was with, who is thought to have filmed the incident and can be heard encouraging the woman to “lick it, lick it.”

She could face a second-degree felony charge of tampering with a consumer product, the Lufkin police department said in an email statement to NBC News. The charge comes with a two- to 20-year prison term and up to $10,000 in fines, according to Texas state penal code.

Investigators are also in discussions with the FDA and additional federal charges could be made.

In an earlier statement, the company explained that its cartons are frozen upside down in production, which creates a natural, tight seal by freezing the lid to the tub, meaning consumers would notice if any tampering occurred upon opening a fresh tub.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-seen-licking-ice-cream-viral-video-faces-20-years-n1026556

[Vitleysingur 13,790]

Ariana should see this

[Economy 52,860]

Well the tampering with the product offense is 2-20 years

 

This case is likely to be on the very low end of the spectrum given its a single product and it was just messing around not a conspiracy

 

Still tho, even 2 years is kinda harsh for this I think...

[BUtterfield 8 41,818]

1 minute ago, Vitleysingur said:

Ariana should see this

Ariana paid for the donuts she licked 

[LetsGetHigh 52,683]

Legit so happy about this. Hopefully she learns not to mess with food and not do dumb stuff for internet clout. Dumbass.

[BUtterfield 8 41,818]

Just now, Economy said:

 

 

Still tho, even 2 years is kinda harsh for this I think...

She should spend life

[LaMaisonGaga 23,884]

I hope she brings her clown shoes with her to prison!

[dynamite 66,650]

She's a filthy dumbass but that sentence, even 2 years, is INSANE! Even some harsher crimes get less I think?

She should get some kind of punishment and to do community service though I think.

[Economy 52,860]

Just now, Rainbow1 said:

She should spend life

Can't tell if ur serious

[geopang 4,831]

Good. What she did is disgusting. 

[BUtterfield 8 41,818]

Just now, Economy said:

Can't tell if ur serious

I am

if someone bought that and got sick and died she’s a murderer

[AMENiCURE 9,381]

20 years... is insane

i mean even most of the rapists get 5 years max in us

[weed 78,957]

20 years would be way too much, only if she has diseases maybe (like something contactable through saliva) but I think she was really dumb posting it to her socials and doing it in the first place 

[PlastiscGuy 22,491]

I really hope that twitter f***** who abuses of photoshop on his pics faces the same. 

[Economy 52,860]

Just now, dynamite said:

She's a dumbass but that sentence, even 2 years, is INSANE! Even some harsher crimes get less I think?

Yeah I also think 2 years is harsh...

 

So much dumb **** like this is done all the time people just don't get caught usually

 

I'm not saying she should be off the hook entirely as she could put someone else's health at risk

 

But 2 years is still a bit much I think

 

When the law was written for "tampering with consumer product" I don't think law makers had this dumb crap in mind of a young girl licking an icecream tub