A neighbor from hell?
Posted on 06/25/2021 5:19:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A man who was caught on video stuffing razor blades into packages of pizza dough that were sold to multiple customers at a Maine grocery store pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday, authorities said.
The shocking incident came to light in October 2020 after a customer reported finding several blades inside a package of Portland Pie pizza dough that he had bought at the Saco Hannaford Supermarket. Store employees reviewed surveillance footage and saw 39-year-old Nicholas Mitchell tampering with multiple pizza dough packages of the same brand, according to police.
“When the patrons subsequently opened the pizza doughs, they discovered the razor blades secreted inside the doughs,” prosecutors said in a statement.
The findings triggered a full recall, which extended to stores in four other states. At least two other patrons ended up finding sharp objects in their pizza dough, but no injuries or illnesses were reported, authorities said.
Investigators later learned that Mitchell was a former associate of “It’ll Be Pizza,” which supplies ingredients for Portland Pie, and had been fired about four months earlier, according to prosecutors.
The New Hampshire man pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product and faces up to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He also faces a fine of up to $250,000 and will also be required to pay restitution to the victims.
A sentencing date has not been set.
“The New Hampshire man”
Well, the proper outcome would be: “or Die”....
He exhibited the mentality of trolls who try to convince their victims to indulge in unhealthy practices. Maybe he’ll get the whole 10 years.
A neighbor from hell?
Make him eat it.
This dude did it in an incompetent way, but any food service company must spend a lot of time worrying about the damage a single disaffected employee can do to their brand.
Are these not the same man:
Fired pizza factory worker, 39, pleads guilty to stuffing RAZOR BLADES into crust of pies made by his old firm at Maine supermarket
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(Pic near the bottom of the page) re: Mohamed Elibiary, a founder of the North Texas Islamic Council,
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