Weaponized cheese

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Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>From the Seattle Police Dapartment blog: "Just before 1 AM, the woman walked into the 7-11 near SW Barton and 35th Avenue SW and bought a bag of Doritos. She then walked over to the store’s liquid chili cheese dispenser ... and began pouring hot cheese into the bag.</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>From the Seattle Police Dapartment blog: "Just before 1 AM, the woman walked into the 7-11 near SW Barton and 35th Avenue SW and bought a bag of Doritos. She then walked over to the store’s liquid chili cheese dispenser ... and began pouring hot cheese into the bag. When the clerk informed the woman he would have to charge her for the cheese, she flew into a rage and ... threw the cheese-filled bag at his head, spattering him with hot orange goo." The clerk got a hat- and face-ful of orange, um, cheese-based product. He also apparently got the perp's license plate number. The woman seems to have promised to come into a precinct station to tell her side of the story. But police are still waiting.</p>
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From the Seattle Police Dapartment blog: "Just before 1 AM, the woman walked into the 7-11 near SW Barton and 35th Avenue SW and bought a bag of Doritos. She then walked over to the store’s liquid chili cheese dispenser ... and began pouring hot cheese into the bag. When the clerk informed the woman he would have to charge her for the cheese, she flew into a rage and ... threw the cheese-filled bag at his head, spattering him with hot orange goo." The clerk got a hat- and face-ful of orange, um, cheese-based product. He also apparently got the perp's license plate number. The woman seems to have promised to come into a precinct station to tell her side of the story. But police are still waiting.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi