We will continue to monitor the situation.”, Kudos to @ILoveBlueBell because all the individual replies are a heck of a lot of work. Freezing could cause the water in bacteria to freeze and expand, destroying the bacteria, and sugar could leach water out of the bacteria, he said. you can shake a spoon at. Some posted copycat videos on Twitter and others implored Blue Bell to use tamper-resistant foils under the lids of its ice cream tubs. Jessica Pebsworth, a spokesperson with the Lufkin police, told NPR on Friday that the young woman the department is calling the "Blue Bell licker" is actually a … (That flavor features vanilla ice cream with chocolate fudge swirl and roasted peanuts dipped in dark chocolate.). “Lol receipt or you’re going to jail and you know it.”, Ight so lemme just get this straight, a black girl licks the top of some Ice Cream and all of the sudden she’s facing real jail time, But ain’t nobody make that big of a deal when Ariana did it with some donuts, Wonder why ? Use current location. “Because she is a juvenile offender, her identity is protected under section 58.104 of the Texas Family Code. Blue Bell ice cream at a grocery store in Austin. In the video, a teenage girl can be seen removing the tub of ice cream from a store freezer, lifting the lid, licking the top of the ice cream, then closing the lid and putting the container back before walking away. Any attempt at opening the product should be noticeable. We take this issue very seriously are and are currently working with law-enforcement, retail partners and social media platforms. There are myriad other “Asia,” accounts some with “Kween Asia,” or similar on IG and Facebook but none have been confirmed to be the “Asia.”. The case will be turned over to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.”. Hello! “They have ID this girl. In 2015, Blue Bell Creameries recalled its ice cream over concerns of contamination by the potentially deadly bacteria listeria. Blue Bell ice cream licker sentenced to 30 days in jail D’Adrien Anderson is required to pay a fine of $1,000 and more than $1500 in restitution to Blue Bell Creameries. Using her now-shuttered Instagram: “She lives in San Antonio near Jones-Maltsberger rd. We’ve made some unusual flavors over the years, including Licorice, Jelly Terror, Peanut Butter and Jelly, and Dill Pickle ’n Cream! They’re both hella disgusting. Later that year, Ariana Grande was caught on camera licking a doughnut at a Southern California bakery and walking out. It turns out, she is a juvenile and under Texas law, will not be officially named. felony to tamper with a consumer product if someone could be injured as a result. The police in Lufkin, Tex., said on Friday that they had identified the teenager seen licking an unsold tub of ice cream in a widely circulated video. They were both forthcoming with what occurred and admitted to the act.”, Police said they “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.”. Then Friday at noon, Lufkin Police emailed Heavy to say that the ice cream licker is a “juvenile” and will not be officially named. @GMA @abcnews @NBCNews @CBSNews @CNN @MSNBC @TheView @tvonetv @BET pic.twitter.com/RLNFC9d1v8, — Skoolwerk Apparel (@Skoolwerk) June 29, 2019, Pebsworth also said that what has “made this case difficult is that a ‘catfish’ with a similar screen name (within one letter of the suspect’s screen name) began taking credit for it.”, But police said a “catfish and not our suspect who bragged on Instagram about the incident saying: “Yeah, I really did that. People asked the San Antonio Police why she has not been arrested and charged. Blue Bell ice cream licker sentenced to jail time, fine FILE PHOTO: The man who licked a carton of ice cream and put it back on a shelf has been sentenced to … But from the outset, “Asia” not only did not appear to be shy about the licking, rather she not only boasted, but challenged others to do the same. And it turned out, it was Lufkin, Texas Police who would be searching her out. Police are still deciding what to do about the boyfriend. ‘Asia’ said she had been ill and suggested by licking the ice cream, others might become ill, too. — Pablo Chacon (@Sekomadetx) July 2, 2019. We take this issue very seriously and are currently working with the appropriate authorities. LOCATION SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. Let’s see if we can start an epidemic (literally).”. But some who love the brand are asking the company to consider using an actual seal to secure the container top. pic.twitter.com/9l5In8PpBP, — MaryK Vibrania Bennett (@MaryKHayes) July 1, 2019, A post shared by Shelley Golden (@shelley_golden) on Jul 2, 2019 at 12:18pm PDT. Then that account was shuttered and another created. SAN ANTONIO (WOAI/KABB) - The girl who caused a social media craze over the weekend by opening a container of Blue Bell ice cream and licking it has been identified. For more information, please click here https://t.co/bs2Uaq6BiR, — Blue Bell Ice Cream (@ILoveBlueBell) July 1, 2019, “We want to thank our consumers for alerting us to the incident this past weekend of a video posted to social media showing a Blue Bell item being tampered with. More than 13 million and counting have seen the young woman open a container of Blue Bell ice cream and, seemingly egged on by her boyfriend, proceed to sweep her tongue across the frozen confection before closing the lid and placing it back in a supermarket freezer. Her name is Asia and the police department closest to Jones-Maltsberger road is San Antonio Police Department. Which were her intentions. The incident took place June 28 in a Lufkin, Texas Walmart. That was one woman’s goal, which you can tell from a recent viral video of her licking the top of a gallon of Blue Bell’s Tin Roof Ice Cream before placing it back in the freezer. And the ice cream manufacturer promised to get to the bottom of the outrage. @ILoveBlueBell please note that your legal counsel should file charges against this person for affecting your company's profits & opened you to liable issues As she may have started a viral outbreak of the flu. A man filmed licking a tub of ice cream will spend 30 days in jail and pay restitution to Blue Bell - CNN. She’s from San Antonio, TX. And there’s myriad evidence including screengrabs of her posts before she shuttered her Instagram account, but also of Snapchat videos where she brags she’s become famous on Twitter …and did not even have a Twitter account. In a statement on Saturday, Blue Bell said, “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.”. Now police say she's a juvenile so she will not be named. Walmart display cases in stores in both cities were checked out to see what matched. #bluebell #icecream #nastygal pic.twitter.com/LBchBb7OO2, — Tamie Trouble (@TamieTrouble2) June 29, 2019. In a freezer at the Police Department in Lufkin, Tex., there is a half-gallon container of Blue Bell ice cream in an evidence bag — Exhibit A from a cringe-inducing video that drew widespread attention. Police there said, “By 4 p.m., detectives had obtained surveillance video placing a woman matching the suspect description in the Lufkin store on June 28 around 11 p.m.” Detectives believed they had her identified. Walmart, America's largest retailer, is in talks with Verizon to begin adding faster wireless services in their stores. They’re both hella disgusting.”, ‘Asia’ the Blue Bell Ice Cream Licker: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Copyright © 2020 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Let's help her out and then LOCK HER UP! “The catfish did not even live in this country,” Ms. Pebsworth said, adding that the person “was the one that really just kind of provoked people that much more because of the statement of ‘I was sick last week.’”. “As to whether her boyfriend will face charges, we are currently discussing his involvement with prosecutors,” Pebsworth said. Blue Bell has removed all half-gallons of “Tin Roof” product from the Lufkin Walmart shelves. LUFKIN, Texas (KTRK) -- A girl from San Antonio has been identified as the suspect seen licking a Blue Bell ice cream tub and then placing it back in … Identifying the girl was made all the more difficult for the police by the number of imitators who quickly sprang up. Disgusted, many had called for her to be named and then arrested. But people are asking for receipts, in this case, not colloquially speaking but an actual paper receipt. In an emailed statement, Blue Bell said it identified a Walmart in Lufkin, about 120 miles northeast of Houston, “as the store where the malicious act of food tampering took place.”. Police say they’ve tracked down the teen filmed licking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream then putting it back in a store freezer. Lufkin police said Friday that the girl suspected of licking the ice cream … Because of her age, charges, if any, would be handled by the juvenile justice system, a Police Department spokeswoman, Jessica Pebsworth, said. Lynda M. Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman, via Associated Press. The company, which has its headquarters in Brenham, Tex., said in the statement that “based on security footage, the location and the inspection of the carton, we believe we may have recovered the half gallon that was tampered with.”, “Out of an abundance of caution,” the company said, it removed that tub and all ice creams of the same flavor — Tin Roof — from the store. RT this so she can be found and held accountable for this sick behavior. Then, by late Wednesday night, police were very close to confirming her identify and said she’d be arrested and charged with a second-degree felony’ tampering with a consumer product. A 36-year-old man has been arrested after filming himself copying a teen's viral video in which she licked a half gallon of Blue Bell ice cream in a supermarket, Louisiana authorities said. “Now you can call it Flu Bell ice cream ’cause I was a lil sick last week.”, “Repost yourself doing this with the hashtag tinroofchallenge let’s see if we can start an epidemic (literally).”, This girl obviously wants to be famous for food tampering in @Walmart. “A person commits an offense if he knowingly or intentionally tampers with a consumer product knowing that the consumer product will be offered for sale to the public …” Upon conviction, and depending on the degree, the punishment begins with a fine of up to $10,0000 and prison time from 2 years to life. Not everyone was thrilled with the outcome based on Facebook comments. Powered by. Under state law, the tampering charge has varying degrees from first to third with punishment that includes fines and jail time. And Blue Bell tweeted the same reply over and over. But police in San Antonio say they are not investigating and have not been contacted by Blue Bell. That one now too is shut down. They have earned their place on the list of #dontmesswithTexas sacred things. When prosecuting a juvenile on these charges, it’s not clear yet if the statutes apply similarly. Lufkin police initially said they were also looking to charge her boyfriend as he reportedly filmed the licking. In Texas law, it’s a felony to tamper with a consumer product if someone could be injured as a result. I’m leaving this here as court evidence, thank you pic.twitter.com/WwMCOxybcr, One Twitter user called her out. pic.twitter.com/T8AIdGpmuS, — Optimus Primal (@BlindDensetsu) June 29, 2019. pic.twitter.com/NJ324HaKSV, — lil uzi sold me a exotic cart (@souljarmani) July 2, 2019, “Ight so lemme just get this straight, a black girl licks the top of some Ice Cream and all of the sudden she’s facing real jail time, But ain’t nobody make that big of a deal when Ariana did it with some donuts, Wonder why ?”, “Question, why is the lady that licked the #BlueBell #icecream getting called out so bad but, let’s not forget the time @ArianaGrande #licked a #donut in the donut shop.”. Texas cops on Friday said they found the girl who licked a tub of Blue Bell ice cream and then put it back on the shelf -- and she even confessed after … “Didn’t @ArianaGrande lick donuts at a shop & put them back? A Texas man named D'Adrien Anderson was sentenced to jail time after pleading guilty to licking a half-gallon of ice cream and putting it back into a Walmart freezer. “Our detectives have identified and spoken with the suspect in the “Blue Bell licking” case. “On top of there being six women with similar names and appearances, we had a screen name within one letter of the suspect,” the spokeswoman said. Blue Bell has removed all other half gallons of Tin Roof ice cream from the Walmart location. Blue Bell monitoring viral ice cream-licking video featuring woman Twitter says is from San Antonio https://t.co/TPNnecGCYp, Blue Bell still looking for her. We want to thank our consumers for alerting us to the recent food tampering incident. The freezer aisle at a Walmart store similar to the one in Lufkin, Tex. Dr. Bruce E. Hirsch, an infectious diseases specialist at Northwell Health in Manhasset, N.Y., said on Saturday that the ice cream licking put others at risk. Pebsworth said “the suspect is tied to the Lufkin area through her boyfriend’s family. Blue Bell Worked With Police, Retailers & Social Media ‘Partners’ to Get to the Bottom of the … Hope that lick was worth it, honey!! During production, our half gallons are flipped upside down and sent to a hardening room where the ice cream freezes to the lid creating a natural seal. Millions have seen the girl sweep her tongue across Blue Bell ice cream, close the lid and put it back in a Walmart freezer. Some say Blue Bell is the best ice cream in the country. of crankin’ out more flavors than. You can call it Flu Bell ice cream now ‘cause I was a lil sick last week. ⁦@ILoveBlueBell⁩ look at this heights of nastiness from this gal. “Seeing a video of yourself behaving poorly — that you have no idea was taken — is such a rude awakening that, it’s like, you don’t know what to do,” she said. Soon after the video was posted to Instagram, on June 28, social media erupted in shock and disgust. The Blue Bell Tin Roof flavor, vanilla ice cream with fudge swirls and dark chocolate covered roasted peanuts, is relatively new and its debut in January generated a lot of buzz. Thousands tweeted at Blue Bell Creameries, in business making ice cream in Brenham, Texas, since 1907, about the incident. Didn’t @ArianaGrande lick donuts at a shop & put them back? https://t.co/26u8wK6HIV. D'Adrien Anderson (Jefferson County, Texas Sheriff's Office) #bluebellicecream #bluebell???? You can see it on her third highlighted story on her IG. Identified on social media early on as a female from San Antonio, Texas, named “Asia,” an Instagram user who used the handle xx.asiaaaa.xx while her account was active, boasted about her becoming famous, and said that she recently had the flu, which compounded the outrage. The person behind the fake account claimed to have been sick earlier in the week and said that the ice cream should now be called “Flu Bell.” The person encouraged others to post videos of themselves licking unopened ice cream tubs to start an epidemic. On Wednesday afternoon, Blue Bell contacted Lufkin cops to say the incident took place in that city’s store. The lids are frozen tightly to the carton. The risk may have been partly diminished because of the ice cream’s low temperature and high sugar content, he said. “Our staff recognized the location in the video, and we inspected the freezer case,” it continued. “I was so disgusted with myself.”, Blue Bell Ice Cream Licker in Viral Video Is Found, Police Say. Walmart was first made aware of the incident when the defendant posted video of himself on the internet licking an open carton of Blue Bell ice cream. She is a juvenile from San Antonio tied to the Lufkin area through her boyfriend’s family,” Lufkin police spokesperson Jessica Pebsworth said. SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A Texas teen witnessed licking a container of Blue Bell ice cream in a viral video that took the internet by storm earlier this … What kinda psychopathic behavior is this?! There were roughly 4-6 women with similar screen names and appearances that law enforcement had to eliminate – including the catfish – before getting to the actual suspect. Wednesday, County Court At Law Judge Terrance Holmes sentenced D’Adrien L’Quinn Anderson to jail for licking the contents of a Blue Bell ice cream tub and placing it back on the store’s shelf on August 19, according to the Port Arthur News.. A backlash to a video showing a teenager licking ice cream from a tub before putting it back on a supermarket's freezer shelf has emerged online. And, police believed her boyfriend was from Houston and she was perhaps in that city. “Yeah, I really dd that,” she wrote. Blue Bell Ice Cream Licker in Viral Video Is Found, Police Say Blue Bell ice cream at a grocery store in Austin. This type of incident will not be tolerated. Over 100 years. The report continued: Anderson’s 180-day jail sentence was probated for two years. We have spoken with her boyfriend, who is an adult, as well. Repost yourself doing this. The number is 1-210-207-8126. … That screen name turned out to be a catfish, or someone pretending to be the woman who licked the ice cream at Walmart. Btw food tampering is a felony.”, — Alexis (@FlawlessBoltUSA) June 30, 2019. In its original post, Lufkin Director of Public Safety Gerald Williamson said, “Our biggest concern is consumer safety – in that regard we are glad to see the tainted product off the shelves,” Williamson said. The teen caught in a viral video licking ice cream from a new container and putting it back in a grocery store freezer has been identified by police. Later Friday, Lufkin police again reached out to provide more information on the case. There are many viruses that can be passed on through saliva, such as mononucleosis, he said. The young woman set her Instagram to private after she was reportedly outed. Food safety is a top priority, and we work hard to provide a safe product and maintain the highest level of confidence from our consumers. Please start putting a plastic over the ice cream, so we can know if was tampered with. Houston police were also looking into the incident. … A man … On Friday, the police in Lufkin found the girl, who is 17; they did not publicly identify her. “She has probably been living in fear of what was about to happen to her,” Ms. Pebsworth added. “This case is now in the hands of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department to pursue however it deems appropriate,” it continued. ?? Find the nearest store to buy Blue Bell. Blue Bell Ice Cream is seen on shelves of an Overland Park grocery store prior to being removed on April 21, 2015 in Overland Park, Kansas. !,” tweeted user Trema Gordon. The girl, who admitted to licking the top of Blue Bell ice cream and returning it to the freezer, is under 17, which makes her a juvenile under Texas law, according to Lufkin police, who … Blue Bell Icecream Company is pressing charges for product tampering which is a felony in TX!!! 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