{"id":45800,"date":"2020-01-17T12:52:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T17:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=45800"},"modified":"2020-01-17T12:53:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T17:53:41","slug":"texas-man-who-went-viral-for-licking-tub-of-blue-bell-ice-cream-pleads-guilty-to-criminal-mischief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2020\/01\/texas-man-who-went-viral-for-licking-tub-of-blue-bell-ice-cream-pleads-guilty-to-criminal-mischief\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas man who went viral for licking tub of Blue Bell ice cream pleads guilty to criminal mischief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Texas man who went viral for taking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream out of a grocery store freezer and licking it pleaded guilty to criminal mischief on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/download-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/download-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/download-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/download-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/download-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Wildwoogie\/videos\/2392253680862056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D&#8217; Adrien Anderson went viral back in August<\/a>&nbsp;after posting a video to social media that showed him licking a tub of vanilla Blue Bell ice cream, sticking his finger in it and licking it again before placing it back into the freezer at a Walmart in Port Arthur, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anderson purchased the ice cream he licked before leaving the store,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/c094a588424945bbb64ec61eddf662c0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to surveillance video reviewed by authorities.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was charged with criminal mischief after the store lost money from replacing the ice cream tubs in the freezer and the cost of the law enforcement investigation,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kfdm.com\/news\/local\/breaking-warrant-issued-for-blue-bell-ice-cream-licker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KFDM reports.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 24-year-old could face up to one year in jail and a fine up to $4,000, but he&#8217;s asking for probation,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/port-arthur-man-pleads-guilty-to-criminal-mischief-in-ice-cream-licking-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WOAI reports.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-facebook\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Wildwoogie\/videos\/2392253680862056\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas man who went viral for taking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream out of a grocery store freezer and licking it pleaded guilty to criminal mischief on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":45801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45800"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}