Texas police have identified the woman who opened a tub of ice cream, licked the top, and then stuck it back into a Walmart freezer in a now-viral video.
The video of her licking a half-gallon of Blue Bell “Tin Roof” ice cream now has over 12 million views.
What kinda psychopathic behavior is this?! pic.twitter.com/T8AIdGpmuS
— Optimus Primal (@BlindDensetsu) June 29, 2019
“We have identified the ‘Blue Bell licker’ as a juvenile from San Antonio. Under Texas law, anyone under the age of 17 is considered a juvenile,” the Lufkin police said in a statement on Facebook Friday. “The suspect is tied to the Lufkin area through her boyfriend’s family. We have spoken with her boyfriend, who is an adult, as well. They were both forthcoming with what occurred and admitted to the act.”
The statement added, “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. We cannot speak for them as to what charge she will face in the juvenile justice system. As to whether her boyfriend will face charges, we are currently discussing his involvement with prosecutors.”
A different Walmart in Texas took the extra step and placed guards in front of their freezers to protect their foods from contamination.
Blue Bell ice cream released a statement on their website that reads in part, “We thank everyone for their assistance in this case including the San Antonio Police Department, Lufkin Police Department, Walmart, and our customers who alerted us to this incident.”
“Food safety is our top priority, and we work hard to provide a safe product and maintain the highest level of confidence from our consumers,” the statement added. “We are always looking for ways to improve, including looking at methods within our manufacturing process to add additional protection to the carton.”
