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Ex-Cook Pleads Guilty To Putting Hair In Steak

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Jun 19, 2008 11:13 pm US/Central

Ex-Cook Pleads Guilty To Putting Hair In Steak

WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) ― A former restaurant cook has pleaded guilty to a food-tampering charge alleging he inserted hairs in a steak before giving it to a dissatisfied customer.

Twenty-four-year-old Ryan Kropp of West Bend, Wis. was fired along with another cook after the incident Feb. 23 at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant.

Kropp was charged in Washington County Circuit Court with a felony of placing foreign objects in edibles, carrying up to 3 1/2 years in prison.

After his guilty plea today, his sentencing was scheduled Aug. 12.

The criminal complaint says a manager asked a customer how his steak was, and the customer said it was somewhat overdone, although he had almost finished eating it and refused an offer of a new steak.

But the manager insisted on having Kropp prepare a new steak the way the customer wanted it, medium rare, so that he could take it home.

The man called the restaurant and police the next day after finding hairs as he ate the steak.

 

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