Another Liberal Going to Jail for False Accusations
- From: "Bothrops Alticola" <yournamehere@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 12:37:46 -0500
May 1, 2006 (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) - A woman and her adult son have been
convicted of trying to extort money from the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain
by claiming they found a dead mouse in a bowl of soup while celebrating
Mother's Day in 2004.
Jurors deliberated nearly four hours Friday before convicting Carla
Patterson, 38, and Ricky Patterson, 22, of conspiracy to commit extortion.
Carla Patterson claimed she had already eaten some of her vegetable soup on
May 8, 2004, the day before Mother's Day, when she scooped up the mouse.
Charges were filed after a necropsy showed the mouse died of a fractured
skull. It had no soup in its lungs and had not been cooked, signs that the
rodent was dropped into the soup after its death.
Cracker Barrel officials said the Pattersons sought $500,000 from the
company.
The defendants insisted they were innocent, claiming Cracker Barrel
officials offered them money to make the bad publicity go away. They wept
when the verdict was read.
The Pattersons faced up to 10 years in prison, but the jury recommended
sentences of one year and fines of $2,500 each. Sentencing is set for July
5.
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