LICKING ICE CREAM, PUTTING IT BACK IN FREEZER AT WALMART COULD GET WOMAN 20 YEARS PRISON
A woman caught in a viral video seen licking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream before putting it back in a grocery store freezer faces up to 20 years in jail, according to police Thursday.
The 9-second-clip was posted to Twitter and was viewed over 11 million times. The woman, who has not been identified, laughed as she placed the container back into the freezer at a Walmart store in east Texas.
NBC News reports that police believe the woman has been identified through surveillance video from June 28 in the store around 11 p.m. They want to verify that she actually is the suspect before a warrant is issued.
Police are also reportedly looking for the man believed to have filmed the incident and encouraged her to lick it.
In an email statement to NBC News, the Lufkin, TX police department says the woman faces a second-degree felony charge of tampering which comes with a prison term no less than 2 years and up to 20 years as well as up to $10,000 in fines.
Blue Bell Creameries called the act “malicious” and have pulled all tubs of Tin Roof ice cream from store shelves as a precaution.