A former kitchen worker at the upscale Hereford House steakhouse in Leawood, Kansas, has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for contaminating restaurant food with his bodily fluids and posting videos of the acts online.
According to KCTV5, KSHB 41, and KMBC 9, Jace Hanson filmed himself under the username “Vandalizer” while urinating on food, spitting into containers, stomping on ingredients, and rubbing items on his body before they were served to customers. The FBI became involved after a tipster reported the videos, later forwarding the findings to Leawood police.
Hanson was arrested on April 25, 2024, and investigators determined that the contamination occurred between March 26 and April 25 of that year. He pleaded guilty on July 3, 2025, to 33 felony counts, including 22 counts of criminal threat, one count of criminal damage over $25,000, and 10 child exploitation charges, per KSHB 41 and KMBC 9…