500-Pound Man Accused Of Fast-Food Scam

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http://www.local6.com/news/5527928/detail.html

500-Pound Man Accused Of Fast-Food Scam
December 14, 2005

A 500-pound man in Seminole County, Fla., was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of scamming fast-food restaurants out of large amounts of milk shakes and tacos, according to a Local 6 News report.



George Jolicoeur, 33

Investigators said George Jolicoeur, 33, would visit fast-food businesses and order food.

Jolicoeur would then call or visit the restaurants posing as a police officer or a firefighter and ask for a refund because there was a hair in his food, according to the report.

"He would come back and say, 'Oh, there is something wrong with it,'" Seminole County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Olson said. "There was a hair in my shake or there was a hair in my tacos. And, then he wants his money back."

Jolicoeur was captured after he went to a Steak N' Shake restaurant near Oviedo and Taco Bell in Central Florida and allegedly tried to get money back for the food he ordered.

Local 6 News reported that Jolicoeur has been arrested more than 24 times on charges of burglary, drugs and domestic problems, Local 6 News reported.

"Jolicoeur's rap sheet is as thick as a book," Local 6 reporter Chris Trenkmann said. "When he was first checked into the jail in 1991, he weighed 360 pounds. This morning, the jail weighed him at 500 pounds."

Police in Sanford, Fla., and other cities are investigating the possibility that Jolicoeur was scamming area restaurants, Trenkmann said.

He remains in the Seminole County Jail facing several charges.

[mbellot]

He remains in the Seminole County Jail facing several charges.

Perhaps he could ask for a refund of all charges since he found a hair in his jail cell.

[adam]

He should sue Steak N' Shake for making him fat.

[JohnnyCNote]

If I remember my one semester of college French, "Jolicoeur" would mean "happy heart".

Also eyebrow rasing is this:

Jolicoeur would then call or visit the restaurants posing as a police officer or a firefighter

A police officer or a fireman???? When was the last time anyone saw a 500 lb policeman or fireman? Seems to me someone at the fast food joints in question wasn't very swift....

[adam]

I took two semesters and am pretty sure it would mean pretty heart.

[JohnnyCNote]

In either case, it would be a very unlikely situation....

[mbellot]

Jolicoeur would then call or visit the restaurants posing as a police officer or a firefighter

A police officer or a fireman???? When was the last time anyone saw a 500 lb policeman or fireman?

Three words.

Fat Southern Sheriff. :P

Seems to me someone at the fast food joints in question wasn't very swift....

And your point would be?

He should sue Steak N' Shake for making him fat.

Shame on you.

Besides, I'm pretty sure its been tried before so wouldn't this guy then be guilty of infringement on the original idea?

[JohnnyCNote]

Fat Southern Sheriff.

Doesn't look that fat:

[img]http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=Donald+F.+Eslinger/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI/SIG=12f8s93g8/EXP=1134710040/*-http%3A//www.seminolesheriff.org/images/eslinger_donald_f.jpg[/img]

Donald F. Eslinger, Sheriff , Seminole Co, FL

JohnnyCNote wrote:
Seems to me someone at the fast food joints in question wasn't very swift....


And your point would be?

Shrouded in obscurity....

[thecoalman]

A police officer or a fireman???? When was the last time anyone saw a 500 lb policeman or fireman?

I would think a fat fireman would be hazard..... 500 lb guy with 100lbs of equuipment carrying a very heavy hose across a floor weakened by fire....

[zzyzzx]

He's even fatter than Fat Bastard:

[zzyzzx]

"Jolicoeur's rap sheet is as thick as a book," Local 6 reporter Chris Trenkmann said. "When he was first checked into the jail in 1991, he weighed 360 pounds. This morning, the jail weighed him at 500 pounds."

He remains in the Seminole County Jail facing several charges.

At least he won't have to worry about getting raped in prision.