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The Blue Bell ice cream licker spawned copycats. One man has now been charged.
Pretty much what you expected, right?
The Blue Bell ice cream licker spawned copycats.
One man has now been charged.
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What planet is this your excellency? That is Earth. It is inhabited by a race of idiots!
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The Blue Bell ice cream licker spawned copycats. One man has now been charged.
By Alex Horton
General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news
July 8 at 1:04 PM
It was Blue Bell the man came after, and in the ice cream aisle, he peeled back the lid, took two licks and stuck his finger in before returning the container to the shelf in a Louisiana store, a video shows. ... If that sounds familiar, it is.
A run of copycats have recorded themselves licking Blue Bell ice cream in stores after a Texas juvenile’s June video led to a police investigation — and 13 million views on one video posted to Twitter.
The Louisiana incident led to the Saturday arrest of Lenise Martin III, 36, in Assumption Parish, west of New Orleans. Martin was charged with criminal mischief and unlawful posting of criminal activity for notoriety and publicity, jail records show, and he was held on bond over the weekend.
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Alex Horton is a general assignment reporter for The Washington Post. He previously covered the military and national security for Stars and Stripes, and served in Iraq as an Army infantryman. Follow https://twitter.com/AlexHortonTX
The Blue Bell ice cream licker spawned copycats. One man has now been charged.
By Alex Horton
General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news
July 8 at 1:04 PM
It was Blue Bell the man came after, and in the ice cream aisle, he peeled back the lid, took two licks and stuck his finger in before returning the container to the shelf in a Louisiana store, a video shows. ... If that sounds familiar, it is.
A run of copycats have recorded themselves licking Blue Bell ice cream in stores after a Texas juvenile’s June video led to a police investigation — and 13 million views on one video posted to Twitter.
The Louisiana incident led to the Saturday arrest of Lenise Martin III, 36, in Assumption Parish, west of New Orleans. Martin was charged with criminal mischief and unlawful posting of criminal activity for notoriety and publicity, jail records show, and he was held on bond over the weekend.
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Alex Horton is a general assignment reporter for The Washington Post. He previously covered the military and national security for Stars and Stripes, and served in Iraq as an Army infantryman. Follow https://twitter.com/AlexHortonTX
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