{"id":139553,"date":"2019-07-04T23:13:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T20:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/a-licker-in-lufkin-texas-police-believe-theyve-idd-woman-in-disturbing-viral-ice-cream-licking-video\/"},"modified":"2019-07-04T23:13:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T20:13:04","slug":"a-licker-in-lufkin-texas-police-believe-theyve-idd-woman-in-disturbing-viral-ice-cream-licking-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/a-licker-in-lufkin-texas-police-believe-theyve-idd-woman-in-disturbing-viral-ice-cream-licking-video\/","title":{"rendered":"A licker in Lufkin? Texas police believe they&#8217;ve ID&#8217;d woman in &#8216;disturbing&#8217; viral ice cream-licking video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Texas police believe they&#8217;ve identified the woman from a viral video that showed her licking a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2019\/07\/01\/blue-bell-viral-video-woman-licking-ice-cream\/1624579001\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u00a0half-gallon tub of Blue Bell ice cream\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">\u00a0half-gallon tub of Blue Bell ice cream<\/a> and then putting\u00a0it back inside a store freezer case.<\/p>\n<p>The Lufkin Police Department\u00a0was\u00a0contacted Wednesday by Blue Bell Creameries after the Texas-based company &#8220;instructed all of its division managers to see if they could identify the store location&#8221; where the incident took place, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lufkinpoliceandfire\/posts\/2565431110135253\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the police department said via Facebook\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">the police department said via Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A division manager\u00a0determined the video was shot at a Walmart in Lufkin due to &#8220;the store\u2019s unique merchandising, which matched the video,&#8221; police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:133%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Police believe this woman is responsible for licking a half-gallon tub of Blue Bell ice cream and then putting it back on store shelves.\" src=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Dpe.FZw4foFjXbyvmUU8.g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xNjU2\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/uu\/api\/res\/1.2\/0x1mnDMeKfNBP2Xqi3EYtw--~B\/aD0xOTQ0O3c9MTQ1ODtzbT0xO2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u\/http:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en-US\/homerun\/usa_today_news_641\/38ecb52fc3b2b565121fe5c026b7ba83\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police believe this woman is responsible for licking a half-gallon tub of Blue Bell ice cream and then putting it back on store shelves.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Dpe.FZw4foFjXbyvmUU8.g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xNjU2\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/uu\/api\/res\/1.2\/0x1mnDMeKfNBP2Xqi3EYtw--~B\/aD0xOTQ0O3c9MTQ1ODtzbT0xO2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u\/http:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en-US\/homerun\/usa_today_news_641\/38ecb52fc3b2b565121fe5c026b7ba83\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/noscript><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Police believe this woman is responsible for licking a half-gallon tub of Blue Bell ice cream and then putting it back on store shelves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a\u00a0statement emailed to USA TODAY, Lufkin police wrote,\u00a0&#8220;Tampering with a consumer product is a second-degree felony and carries a punishment range of 2-20 years. The department is consulting with the FDA and federal charges may also be pending.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Blue Bell believes it retrieved the tub of ice cream licked by the woman, the company has removed all half-gallon containers of &#8220;Tin Roof&#8221; from Walmart, police said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uck!\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2019\/07\/01\/blue-bell-viral-video-woman-licking-ice-cream\/1624579001\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Viral video shows woman licking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream ... and then putting it back in the store freezer\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Viral video shows woman licking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream &#8230; and then putting it back in the store freezer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re appalled that someone would do this. We take it incredibly seriously and we\u2019re acting on it as the major crime that it is,&#8221;\u00a0Lufkin Director of Public Safety Gerald Williamson said in a statement, labeling the video as &#8220;disturbing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video, which was posted to Twitter on June 29, has been viewed more than 11 million times. Lufkin police obtained surveillance video that shows a woman who matches the description of the woman in the video leaving the Lufkin Walmart at around 11 p.m.\u00a0June 28.<\/p>\n<p>Police have not released the woman&#8217;s name, citing an ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp caas-button collapse-button\" aria-label=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/\" title=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/\" data-ylk=\"g:063a2bc7-c0c2-3b3b-974b-6b7c3eb197b1;elm:readmore;slk:Story continues\">Story continues<\/button><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The safety of our ice cream is our highest priority, and we work hard to maintain the highest level of confidence of our customers,&#8221; Blue Bell said in a statement to USA TODAY.\u00a0&#8220;Food tampering is not a joke, and we will not tolerate tampering with our products. We are grateful to the customers who alerted us and provided us with information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2019\/07\/03\/blue-bell-ice-cream-licking-video-shot-texas-police-say\/1645434001\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:A licker in Lufkin? Texas police believe they've ID'd woman in 'disturbing' viral ice cream-licking video\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">A licker in Lufkin? Texas police believe they&#8217;ve ID&#8217;d woman in &#8216;disturbing&#8217; viral ice cream-licking video<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/licker-lufkin-texas-police-believe-014039309.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Texas police believe they&#8217;ve identified the woman from a viral video that showed her licking a\u00a0half-gallon tub of Blue Bell ice cream and then putting\u00a0it back inside a store freezer case. The Lufkin Police Department\u00a0was\u00a0contacted Wednesday by Blue Bell Creameries after the Texas-based company &#8220;instructed all of its division managers to see if they &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}