Woman Gets a Year in Jail for Mouse-in-Soup Scam

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A woman who tried to extort money from the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain by putting a dead mouse in a bowl of soup was sentenced to a year in jail.

Carla Patterson, 38, and her 22-year-old son, Ricky Patterson, sought $500,000 from the chain after claiming they found the rodent in the vegetable soup the woman ordered at a Newport News restaurant on Mother's Day weekend in 2004.

A jury convicted the Pattersons of conspiracy to commit extortion in April. The Pattersons maintained their innocence, but evidence included tests showed the mouse had not been cooked and had not drowned but instead died of a fractured skull.

Carla Patterson wept Wednesday as a judge imposed the jail sentence and a $2,500 fine. Defense lawyer Michael Woods said Patterson plans to appeal.

Ricky Patterson's sentencing, which had been scheduled for Wednesday, was postponed until Sept. 14. He is at Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail in Williamsburg after pleading guilty to forgery in an unrelated check-fraud case.


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[TitansFanatic]

A woman who tried to extort money from the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain by putting a dead mouse in a bowl of soup was sentenced to a year in jail.

Carla Patterson, 38, and her 22-year-old son, Ricky Patterson, sought $500,000 from the chain after claiming they found the rodent in the vegetable soup the woman ordered at a Newport News restaurant on Mother's Day weekend in 2004.

A jury convicted the Pattersons of conspiracy to commit extortion in April. The Pattersons maintained their innocence, but evidence included tests showed the mouse had not been cooked and had not drowned but instead died of a fractured skull.

Carla Patterson wept Wednesday as a judge imposed the jail sentence and a $2,500 fine. Defense lawyer Michael Woods said Patterson plans to appeal.

Ricky Patterson's sentencing, which had been scheduled for Wednesday, was postponed until Sept. 14. He is at Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail in Williamsburg after pleading guilty to forgery in an unrelated check-fraud case.


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Don't mess with the Barrel.

[Dors156]

i hate when people try to do these scandals so they can just get rich

[Perfect23]

i hate when people try to do these scandals so they can just get rich

shoot if u can take advantage of it why not.

[TitansFanatic]

shoot if u can take advantage of it why not.
Because lying is wrong.

And you might wind up going to jail just because you wanted to make some 'easy money by pulling a scandal. Not worth it.

[Perfect23]

Because lying is wrong.

yeah but u feel much better when u get rich.

[TitansFanatic]

yeah but u feel much better when u get rich.

There are some things more important than money.

[Perfect23]

There are some things more important than money.

yeah like what your life that cost money food clothes doctor bills.

[HysterikiLL]

They should've just given her parole and forcedd her to eat the soup.

[Dors156]

i remember that guy got glued to the toilet seat at home depot:lol:

[TitansFanatic]

yeah like what your life that cost money food clothes doctor bills.

A clear conscious. Of course, money is necessary for life...

I'm saying you don't need to get rich by lying to be happy.

I'd rather get money honestly, even if it might not be much, and know I got it without taking advantage of people by being dishonest.

[Perfect23]

A clear conscious. Of course, money is necessary for life...

I'm saying you don't need to get rich by lying to be happy.

I'd rather get money honestly, even if it might not be much, and know I got it without taking advantage of people by being dishonest.

Its a dog eat dog world out there u gotta defend yourself.

[EBMisfit]

Its a dog eat dog world out there u gotta defend yourself.No reason one can't do that without cheating others.

[EBMisfit]

You'd think people would learn after the finger-in-the-chili incident with Wendy's.:rolleyes:

[TitansFanatic]

Its a dog eat dog world out there u gotta defend yourself.

I guess I just buy more into the "Do unto others..." rule more so than that.

[TitansFanatic]

You'd think people would learn after the finger-in-the-chili incident with Wendy's.:rolleyes:

Exactly.

[Silverphin]

You'd think people would learn after the finger-in-the-chili incident with Wendy's.:rolleyes:

I know, right?

[Pennington's Rocket Arm]

i wouldn't care if she didn't try to do it by killing the poor mouse.