Second person accused of licking Blue Bell ice cream at store

SHREVEPORT, La. – Another apparent incident of someone licking ice cream at a store has surfaced. This time, it's in Louisiana.

Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office says a man posted a video of himself on Facebook opening a Blue Bell ice cream container, licking it, poking it with his finger and putting it back on the shelf.

News outlets report 36-year-old Lenise Martin III was charged Saturday with property tampering and posting criminal activity for notoriety and publicity.

Police Cmdr. Lonny Cavalier said after being alerted of Martin's actions by a grocery store's management, deputies found Martin at the scene showing the sales clerk a receipt showing he had purchased the ice cream he licked. Deputies searched the freezer and confirmed the purchase but still decided to move forward with the charges.

Cavalier told CNN that authorities believe Martin was inspired by a video taken earlier this month of a teen in Texas taking ice cream from a Walmart freezer, removing the top to lick it and then putting it back.

"We believe it's a copycat incident," Cavalier told the network. "He did it and he did want to create some notoriety for himself by posting it on Facebook and that's exactly what he did."

Contributing: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY

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