Man accused of contaminating food at Hereford House charged with child exploitation
LEAWOOD, Kan. (KCTV) - A 21-year-old man faces dozens of felony charges after more allegations were filed against him.
Jace Hanson was charged with a single count of criminal threat after customers who ate at Hereford House in Leawood became sick. On Tuesday, he was charged with 21 additional counts of criminal threat, 10 counts of child exploitation and a single count of criminal damage to property.
According to an affidavit, someone reported Hanson to the FBI after he allegedly posted videos online. The tipster said the video showed Hanson spitting in food, touching food with his feet, and worse, while working at the restaurant.
The FBI used IP addresses from the videos to track a cell phone later found in Hanson’s car. The court document shows the car was parked outside the restaurant. Detectives showed up and spoke to a manager at the restaurant. The head chef at the Hereford House location identified Hanson.
The court document shows detectives confronted him with the claims and Hanson itted purposely contaminating food, some of which he said was served to customers.
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Hanson told detectives he’d worked at the restaurant for about a month before his arrest.
The affidavit shows Hanson itted men on apps such as Grinder requested him to make specific videos involving the food. Hanson then told investigators he contaminated restaurant food more than 20 times in less than three weeks.
KCTV5 is working to confirm more information about the allegations regarding his charges of sexual exploitation of a child.
Five lawsuits have been filed against Hereford House in the aftermath of Hanson’s criminal charges, with customers reporting feeling sick after eating at the Leawood restaurant.
Hanson’s bond remained at $100,000 bond, and he was in custody at the Johnson County Detention Center.
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