LUFKIN, Texas — Police in East Texas have been searching for a woman suspected of taking a tub of ice cream from a Walmart freezer, removing the top to lick the ice cream and then returning it to the freezer.
On their facebook page detectives says they've successfully identified and spoken with the suspect and her boyfriend in the "Blue Bell licking" case.
"She is a juvenile from San Antonio tied to the Lufkin area through her boyfriend's family.
Because she is a juvenile offender, her identity is protected under section 58.104 of the Texas Family Code.
The case will be turned over to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and remains under investigation."
Blue Bell Creameries said in a statement that it determined a Walmart store in Lufkin was where "the malicious act of food tampering took place."
A short video posted to social media last week shows the woman laughing as she places the top back on the half-gallon container and returning it to the freezer.
What kinda psychopathic behavior is this?! pic.twitter.com/T8AIdGpmuS
— Optimus Primal (@BlindDensetsu) June 29, 2019Blue Bell says the container that was "compromised" was found and removed.
The company says "food tampering is not a joke."
"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. We take this issue very seriously and are currently working with law enforcement, retail partners and social media platforms. This type of incident will not be tolerated. We will continue to monitor this situation," the statement on the company's website reads.
