Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Man too fat to face food scam charges
Nine News ^ | April 2, 2010 | Ninemsn staff

Posted on 04/01/2010 4:57:54 PM PDT by myknowledge

A 272kg man accused of stealing food and scamming restaurants has been unable to face his charges in court because he is too sick and fat.

George Jolicoeur, 38, remained in a bed in his nursing home while his lawyer pleaded no contest to five petty theft charges in an Orlando court in the US state of Texas, the Palm Beach Post reports.

The offences were all committed in 2007, when a more mobile Jolicoeur on five occasions walked into a restaurant or food store and claimed he had been sold substandard food.

On each of the occasions, Jolicoeur demanded large refunds from the store.

The court heard Jolicoeur was eventually arrested after he marched into a 7-Eleven store and claimed he had bought $50 in beef jerky that turned out to be mouldy.

According to court documents, Jolicoeur told his arresting officer: "The beef jerky got me."

Jolicoeur has been convicted of similar scams in the past, including one in 2005 where he claimed to have found hair in six milkshakes.

Defence attorney James D. Phillips Jr. told the judge his client now required a respirator to breathe and was too ill to attend a court hearing.

Jolicoeur’s medical condition was not specified but the court heard his health was unlikely to improve.

He was spared a jail term but ordered to pay almost $1500 in legal costs and unspecified damages.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: fastfoodjunkie; fatman; floriduh; morbidobesity; napl; orlando; texas
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021 next last

George Jolicoeur now needs a respirator to breathe.

Whoa! This 600lb (272kg) hard-core fast food junkie has overfed himself to escape the full force of the law.

The beef jerky did get him! Ha ha ha ha ha!

1 posted on 04/01/2010 4:57:55 PM PDT by myknowledge
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: myknowledge; franksolich

If he can steal food from 7-eleven, then he can go to court!!

So, not the guy in Las Vegas heh? :o)


2 posted on 04/01/2010 4:59:27 PM PDT by GeronL (There is only a "Happily ever after" for you if you're the one writing your own script)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GeronL

No, George Jolicoeur is from Orlando, TX.


3 posted on 04/01/2010 5:01:49 PM PDT by myknowledge (B.H. Obama's just a frontman. A frontman for who? The globalist elite, stupid!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ExTexasRedhead; SwinneySwitch; roses of sharon; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; PhiKapMom; Liz; AuntB; ...

Sing along:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v9yUVgrmPY


4 posted on 04/01/2010 5:01:51 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Liberal sacred cows make great hamburger)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: myknowledge
Try him in absence.
5 posted on 04/01/2010 5:05:12 PM PDT by crz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: myknowledge

The Texas reference is incorrect, it’s Florida.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/5527928/detail.html


6 posted on 04/01/2010 5:23:29 PM PDT by southshore
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: southshore
...to five petty theft charges in an Orlando court in the US state of Texas, the Palm Beach Post reports.

No wonder they got it wrong. Lack of geographic knowledge.

7 posted on 04/01/2010 5:30:07 PM PDT by myknowledge (B.H. Obama's just a frontman. A frontman for who? The globalist elite, stupid!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: myknowledge

I found a hair in my six milkshakes once.


8 posted on 04/01/2010 5:35:11 PM PDT by mowowie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mowowie

"I wash mahself with a rag on a stick."

9 posted on 04/01/2010 5:57:59 PM PDT by Drew68
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Slings and Arrows

Whoa!


10 posted on 04/01/2010 6:00:26 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Grizzled Bear; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Orlando moved to Texas? Bad luck for Texas.


11 posted on 04/01/2010 6:48:11 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (FUBO! FUNP! FUHR! FUBS!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: myknowledge
The court heard Jolicoeur was eventually arrested after he marched into a 7-Eleven store and claimed he had bought $50 in beef jerky that turned out to be mouldy.

So if it were really moldy, then what'd he do with it? He wouldn't have eaten it? He'd be an idiot for throwing it out.

IMO, if someone claims that they got bad food from somewhere, they need to produce it for a refund, because you know they didn't eat it. And for them to say they *threw it out* doesn't wash either because then there's no proof that it was bad or even purchased. It's just their word on it and people lie way to much for free stuff.

12 posted on 04/01/2010 6:59:22 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Slings and Arrows
Crooks, weasels, rogues, con artists, and scammers certainly come in all sizes.

<libtard> Give the guy a break. It isn't as if he could get a job or anything like that!</libtard>

13 posted on 04/01/2010 7:56:37 PM PDT by TheOldLady
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Drew68
Photobucket
14 posted on 04/01/2010 8:45:28 PM PDT by Clay Moore (Roaches, predators, and thieves typically work under the cover of darkness. So it is with congress.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: myknowledge

Gotta love his last name, though. It’s the first time I’ve heard it:

Joliecoeur: literally, “beautiful heart,” or more appropriately, “handsome heart.”

I’m sure his is lined by a crunchy layer of cholesterol plaque.


15 posted on 04/01/2010 10:21:18 PM PDT by CaspersGh0sts
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: CaspersGh0sts
Because he doesn't take care of his heart well.
16 posted on 04/01/2010 10:57:51 PM PDT by myknowledge (B.H. Obama's just a frontman. A frontman for who? The globalist elite, stupid!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

he marched into a 7-Eleven store

Wonder what song helps a 600lb man maintain cadence?

17 posted on 04/01/2010 11:09:41 PM PDT by OneLoyalAmerican (In God I trust, all others cite your source.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Clintonfatigued

“Jolicoeur’s medical condition was not specified “

Pizza the Hutt syndrome.


18 posted on 04/02/2010 3:19:19 AM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: GeronL; myknowledge
So, not the guy in Las Vegas heh?

Nope, apparently not the gigantic primitive from Skins's island, the Las Vegas Leviathan.

19 posted on 04/02/2010 5:33:32 AM PDT by franksolich (Scourge of the Primitives, in service to humanity)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: metmom

I saw someone bring back some chocolate with tiny live worms/maggots in it.


20 posted on 04/02/2010 7:27:11 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson