The woman filmed licking the top of a Blue Bell ice cream tub and putting it back on the shelf has been identified — and could cool her heels in jail for up to 20 years.
Police in Lufkin, Texas, said Wednesday they believed they had identified the frozen-treat fiend after “detectives had obtained surveillance video placing a woman matching the suspect description in the Lufkin [Walmart] on June 28 around 11 p.m,” NBC News reported.
They are waiting to verify her identity before issuing an arrest warrant on second-degree tampering with a consumer product — a felony that carries a prison sentence of 2-20 years and up to $10,000 in fines, according to the Texas state penal code.
The now-viral video shows the woman tonguing some Tin Roof-flavored ice cream — then putting the lid back on and placing it back on the shelf as she cackles.
Dairy detectives are also trying to find the man who apparently filmed the incident and can be heard encouraging the woman to “lick it, lick it.”
Local authorities have said they recovered the tainted tub after tracking it to a Walmart in Lufkin.