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Obese Florida man, George Jolicoeur, avoids jail because he's too fat
Daily News ^ | 12/11/2018 | JOE TACOPINO

Posted on 12/11/2018 6:27:19 AM PST by Gamecock

Get out of jail free: because you're too fat.

A 600-pound Florida man, arrested for scamming restaurants in 2007, was offered a plea deal when prosecutors discovered it was too expensive to incarcerate him, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

George Jolicoeur, 38, is infamous for ordering food and then complaining about the quality and refusing to pay after he eats it.

The obese thief once devoured five milk shakes before finding a hair in the shake and refusing to pay.

Jolicoeur was arrested in 2007 after downing nearly $50 of beef jerky from a 7-Eleven, then claiming the last few scraps were moldy.

Police tracked him down at home and arrested him.

"The beef jerky got me," Jolicoeur said on his way to prison.

After Jolicoeur was charged with five counts of felony petty theft, he became ill and bedridden. He now resides in a nursing facility and relies on a respirator to breathe.

After prosecutors discovered that the state would have to foot the bill for Jolicoeur's medical care they offered a plea deal.

"He's in his prison cell," said Assistant State Attorney Kyan Ware. "He's not getting out of that bed."


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KEYWORDS: floridaman; obesity
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1 posted on 12/11/2018 6:27:19 AM PST by Gamecock
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George Jolicoeur, 38, is infamous for ordering food and then complaining about the quality and refusing to pay after he eats it.

Doesn't look like a picky eater.


2 posted on 12/11/2018 6:28:31 AM PST by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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Hmmm, he scams restaurants and he weighs 600 pounds. I think I see the problem.


3 posted on 12/11/2018 6:32:24 AM PST by rdl6989
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To: SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; CopperTop; Larry Lucido
The obese thief once devoured five milk shakes before finding a hair in the shake and refusing to pay.

Me? I'm not going to eat a cake with a hair on it.

4 posted on 12/11/2018 6:33:07 AM PST by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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When having your picture taken breaks you out in a sweat.....you might want to consider a change in your eating habits.


5 posted on 12/11/2018 6:37:56 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: Gamecock

Wait... there’s a CINNAMON Bobka!


6 posted on 12/11/2018 6:39:19 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Gamecock

Real Sweetheart,


7 posted on 12/11/2018 6:40:02 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: Gamecock

Wow, he ate the pie, the pie pan, the fork, the coffee and it’s cup, and has anyone seen the waiter lately?


8 posted on 12/11/2018 6:41:29 AM PST by Meadow Muffin
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:: “He’s in his prison cell,” said Assistant State Attorney Kyan Ware. “He’s not getting out of that bed.” ::

And that “prison cell” weighs 600+ pounds and is made of human flesh.


9 posted on 12/11/2018 6:42:00 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Gamecock

Get in my belly!


10 posted on 12/11/2018 6:42:12 AM PST by laker_dad
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To: V_TWIN

I knew a guy back in college who would break out in a sweat just walking to class...


11 posted on 12/11/2018 6:42:45 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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Feed him nothing but multi vitamins and romaine lettuce for the next two years. I’d bet he will be able to walk out under his own power at the end of his sentence...


12 posted on 12/11/2018 6:44:48 AM PST by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: Big Red Badger

Dudes’ got a facebook account. favorite athelete is Vince McMahon. lol


13 posted on 12/11/2018 6:44:50 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

That’s the body trying to tell you something, problem is, most don’t know ow to listen.


14 posted on 12/11/2018 6:46:25 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: Gamecock

Let me guess, he stole somebody’s Sweat Roll.


15 posted on 12/11/2018 6:57:52 AM PST by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: Gamecock

Dale the whale.


16 posted on 12/11/2018 6:58:54 AM PST by wally_bert (We're low on dimes in fun city.)
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To: Gamecock

Seems the gluten imprisoned himself.


17 posted on 12/11/2018 7:08:15 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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I heard he got a flesh eating disease. The doctors gave him 99 years to live.


18 posted on 12/11/2018 7:10:39 AM PST by mkmensinger
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To: Gamecock

Seems like the smart route - he pretty much put himself under an early death sentence...no reason for us to foot the bill for his medical issues.


19 posted on 12/11/2018 7:14:48 AM PST by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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To: Gamecock

Just brand “Thief” on his forehead and let it be known that he has to pay in advance.


20 posted on 12/11/2018 7:24:32 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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