Jace Hanson allegedly filmed himself contaminating food with bodily fluids more than 20 times — and the discovery led to an FBI probe and the steakhouse’s closure
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- Jace Hanson was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison earlier this month after pleading guilty to 33 felony counts tied to food contamination at a Leawood, Kansas steakhouse
- He allegedly filmed himself contaminating meals more than 20 times — stomping, urinating and spitting on the food on different occasions — and shared the videos online before his arrest in April 2024
- The FBI became involved after a tipster reported the videos, and the restaurant later closed amid lawsuits and health complaints
Bon appétit, said no one.
Jace Hanson, a former restaurant worker in the kitchen of the upscale Hereford House steakhouse in Leawood, Kan., was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison after filming himself contaminating restaurant food with his bodily fluids, according to KCTV5, KSHB 41 and KMBC 9.
The videos — which surfaced on a social media site under the username “Vandalizer” — were reported to the FBI by a tipster, and the FBI then passed the information to Leawood police, per the outlets. The clips allegedly showed Hanson urinating on food, spitting into containers, stomping on food items and rubbing them on his body before they were served to customers, per court documents and reporting by KCTV5, KMBC 9 and TheKansasCityStar…