600 pound man pleads no contest to food scame

[Lyon_Wonder]

The guy looks like a Sontaran, or one of those potato-head aliens on Voyager.

600 pound man pleads no contest to food scame

SANFORD — A 600-pound man accused of stealing food or conning local businesses out of refunds was too big and too sick to come to court Wednesday, so he stayed in his nursing home, and his attorney pleaded no contest on his behalf.

Thus ended the five most recent Seminole County criminal cases against George Jolicoeur, a 38-year-old Sanford man who — time after time — has eaten and cheated his way into the local jail.

In general, this is the crime he's accused of committing: He goes into a restaurant or store and demands a refund, claiming he's been sold spoiled or defective food.
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Ware said there was little chance Jolicoeur's medical condition would improve.

"He's in his prison cell," Ware said Wednesday. "He's not getting out of that bed."

Please don't post the entire article, a link and excerpt will do nicely to help avoid any copyright issues. Thanks

 

[tharpdevenport]

What's worse is the poor places he accused of the hair in the milkshakes -- can you imagine the ass chewing, and bullshit rules that were handed down after that?



This story reminded me of one I swear I read about here at TrekBBS a few months ago, where some fat guy was accused of a crime and he claimed he was too fat to pull it off.

 

[sojourner]

It embarrasses me to say I live about 2 miles from Sanford. It's a little bit of redneck heaven right in the middle of all the transplants of central Florida.

 

[Amaris]

[Crosses fingers and chants to himself over and over again]

I'm glad I'm losing weight...
I'm glad I'm losing weight...
I'm glad I'm losing weight...

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

I never know what to think about those people. I consider myself a fat-ass and even I topped out at 260. On the one hand you think there has got to be something glandular going on to be able to pack on that much weight. On the other hand you still have to stuff an enormous amount of unhealthy calories in you in the first place. How do you get up into high 300's and not only not think you need some serious help, but think a few hundred more pounds won't hurt?

 

[Amaris]

I never know what to think about those people. I consider myself a fat-ass and even I topped out at 260. On the one hand you think there has got to be something glandular going on to be able to pack on that much weight. On the other hand you still have to stuff an enormous amount of unhealthy calories in you in the first place. How do you get up into high 300's and not only not think you need some serious help, but think a few hundred more pounds won't hurt?

That's a good question. I'm 5'10 (5'11" maybe) and I topped out at 265 (currently 239 and dropping) and felt absolutely miserable. The past few weeks I've been on this new program (Pritikin Edge + Exercise) I have never felt better in my life. I have more energy, I feel alive and like I can do more, my mind has sharpened. I'm 30 and starting to feel like someone entering my 20s. I love the feeling and want to keep it going.

Here's my thoughts on it: People have little idiosyncrasies. One of the most common is when someone eats because they are nervous/depressed/bored. I think it starts out as boredom eating, then depressive eating, where you eat because you are overweight, which makes you more depressed and you eat more. Then again, some people are just addicted to food, but that is far more rare.

Another possibility is the fact that fast food is everywhere, and it's going from occasional snack treat to full meal plans for so many, because it's easier to grab a burger laden with 20g of fat, 15 sugars, 90 carbs and 1500 calories.

Either way, it's a problem, and one we'll be seeing more of in the near future. As for this guy, fat and stupid just happened to combine into what we see before us in those images.

 

[JonathonWally]

I never know what to think about those people. I consider myself a fat-ass and even I topped out at 260. On the one hand you think there has got to be something glandular going on to be able to pack on that much weight. On the other hand you still have to stuff an enormous amount of unhealthy calories in you in the first place. How do you get up into high 300's and not only not think you need some serious help, but think a few hundred more pounds won't hurt?

It's an addiction just like drug use. alcohol. smoking. He obviously has a very strong addiction combined with low will-power considering how much he lies, cheats and steals to feed his addiction.

 

[freak]

I agree with most of the posters on this one. In a way, I want to feel sorry for these people. On the other hand, I have no sympathy in someone who wants to eat themselves to death. I was watching TLC just the other night and there was someone on there who was 1035 lbs(kid you not!!!) and a father to three children. How he got that huge is beyond me! I believe he ate around 13,000 calories a day(I'd be sick!) and barely did anything.

Then there was this 20 something year old guy who weighed closed to 630lbs and his mother babied him and made him anything he wanted. That just tweeked my melon and when he went to the hospital, she literally put the nurses out of a job, taking care of her fat ass baby. I'm sorry..but she was an enabler to her son and was making the situation worse by being there when he was gonna have gastric bypass surgery. All he did daily was lay down and play video games and eat himself to death. I'm thinking: dude, get off your fat lazy ass and walk around the house and get your own food!

I'm thinking to myself: I'm sort of now proud of myself for doing yardwork for my Aunt because I've lost a little weight and am not eating as much. I could stand to loose a little weight myself and don't wish to wind up like that EVER..I have my Daddy's genes because he is overweight himself so I need to take care of this problem before I go over 30.

 

[sidious618]

I wonder if they considered him a flight risk.

I'm a horrible person, I know.

 

[Gil T.Azell]

I wonder if they considered him a flight risk.

I'm a horrible person, I know.

he could always FED-Ex himself away...

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

I don't think there is any question that severely morbidly obese people have to have enablers. One you hit 500-600lbs your options for working or just doing anything besides laying in bed all day are severely limited. If you gaining several hundred pounds after that you got someone delivering all that crap right up to your face.

 

[Holdfast]

A 600-pound man accused of stealing food or conning local businesses out of refunds was too big and too sick to come to court Wednesday, so he stayed in his nursing home, and his attorney pleaded no contest on his behalf.

Thus ended the five most recent Seminole County criminal cases against George Jolicoeur

Jolicoeur? Really? Most unlikely, I would think, at 600lbs.

(and that applies to both the literal and idiomatic translation of the phrase!)

 

[Yeoman Randi]

<snip>
The past few weeks I've been on this new program (Pritikin Edge + Exercise) I have never felt better in my life. I have more energy, I feel alive and like I can do more, my mind has sharpened. I'm 30 and starting to feel like someone entering my 20s. I love the feeling and want to keep it going.

.

John, that is so freaking awesome!!!

 

[Aragorn]

This story reminded me of one I swear I read about here at TrekBBS a few months ago, where some fat guy was accused of a crime and he claimed he was too fat to pull it off.

I don't what ever came of this, but there was a story sometime back about a guy on death row who was too fat to hang because they were afraid his weight would rip the body from his head. Of course, what incentive did he have to lose weight?

 

[Robert Maxwell]

This story reminded me of one I swear I read about here at TrekBBS a few months ago, where some fat guy was accused of a crime and he claimed he was too fat to pull it off.

I don't what ever came of this, but there was a story sometime back about a guy on death row who was too fat to hang because they were afraid his weight would rip the body from his head. Of course, what incentive did he have to lose weight?

There was a story around here a while back about a guy on a death row that tried to get his sentence commuted because he was worried he was so fat they wouldn't give him enough drugs in the lethal injection to kill him quickly. I don't think it ended up working out in his favor.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

This story reminded me of one I swear I read about here at TrekBBS a few months ago, where some fat guy was accused of a crime and he claimed he was too fat to pull it off.

I don't what ever came of this, but there was a story sometime back about a guy on death row who was too fat to hang because they were afraid his weight would rip the body from his head. Of course, what incentive did he have to lose weight?

So he was too fat to execute because the execution might kill him?

 

[Trekker4747]

I wonder if they considered him a flight risk.

I'm a horrible person, I know.

he could always FED-Ex himself away...

At 22-cents per lb. it'd be cheaper.

 

[Kestra]

Re: 600 pound man pleads no contest to food scam

I never know what to think about those people. I consider myself a fat-ass and even I topped out at 260. On the one hand you think there has got to be something glandular going on to be able to pack on that much weight. On the other hand you still have to stuff an enormous amount of unhealthy calories in you in the first place. How do you get up into high 300's and not only not think you need some serious help, but think a few hundred more pounds won't hurt?

I don't weigh anything near that, but I've had issues with weight and food and I can easily understand how someone would get to that weight. In this case it appears to be addiction most likely combined with other mental health issues, and it just adds up.

We all think we have our personal limit but it's not like someone gains several hundred pounds overnight. It happens over time, and as the weight increases it becomes a bigger and bigger obstacle, and one that doesn't seem worth battling anymore. Even if there is some magical number on the scale that makes a person go "This is very wrong and a serious problem" that doesn't mean that they will actually do something to change. People often engage in self-destructive behavior with a great amount of self-awareness.

 

[Amaris]

Re: 600 pound man pleads no contest to food scam

I never know what to think about those people. I consider myself a fat-ass and even I topped out at 260. On the one hand you think there has got to be something glandular going on to be able to pack on that much weight. On the other hand you still have to stuff an enormous amount of unhealthy calories in you in the first place. How do you get up into high 300's and not only not think you need some serious help, but think a few hundred more pounds won't hurt?

I don't weigh anything near that, but I've had issues with weight and food and I can easily understand how someone would get to that weight. In this case it appears to be addiction most likely combined with other mental health issues, and it just adds up.

We all think we have our personal limit but it's not like someone gains several hundred pounds overnight. It happens over time, and as the weight increases it becomes a bigger and bigger obstacle, and one that doesn't seem worth battling anymore. Even if there is some magical number on the scale that makes a person go "This is very wrong and a serious problem" that doesn't mean that they will actually do something to change. People often engage in self-destructive behavior with a great amount of self-awareness.

I remember in high school when I hit 200 lbs. It was almost as if one day I woke up and the scale just gave me a smackdown. I was surprised! I thought to myself, "when did this happen?!". You're right, very few people notice that the weight they gain is just little by little, over time. You are also, of course, correct about not doing anything about it. I was surprised, and concerned, but my weight slowly gained to 265/270 before I started doing anything about it.