St. Pete Woman Peed In Ice Cream-Making Bucket: PD

INDIAN SHORES, FL — A St. Petersburg woman has been arrested after being film on surveillance video at an Indian Shores ice cream parlor picking her nose and sticking her fingers in the ice cream and urinating in a bucket used to churn ice cream, according to Indian Shores Police.

Paul Chiulli, owner of Lulu’s Ice Cream in Indian Shores, 19823 Gulf Blvd., said he was shocked when he reviewed surveillance video and witnessed 66-year-old Jung Soon Wypcha's actions.

Wypcha works at the Indian Shores Food Mart next door to the ice cream parlor. The two businesses share a restroom.

“Stuff like this can ruin our business and can ruin our lives,” he said.

He turned the video footage over to police who arrested Wypcha on Monday for criminal mischief and violating Florida’s Anti-Tampering Act. She was released Monday night after in lieu of $55,000 bail.

Police reviewed several surveillance videos of the ice cream parlor. In one video, they said Wypcha walked over to a freezer containing cartons of organic ice cream and putting her hand in the ice cream containers. She then picked her nose and stuck her hands into the ice cream containers again. Police said another video shows her spitting into the ice cream containers.

In a video from June 22, police said Wypcha can be seen trying to use the restroom but it was locked. So she urinated in a bucket used to churn ice cream. She then emptied the bucket into a sink used to wash ice cream utensils and bowls.

Chiulli said he quickly disposed of all the contaminated ice cream and equipment, worth about $2,000.