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This Wednesday April 15, 2009 photo released by the Conover Police
Department AP – This Wednesday April 15, 2009 photo released by the
Conover Police Department shows Kristy Lynn Hammonds. …
Thu Apr 16, 6:17 am ET
CONOVER, N.C. – A gross video posted on YouTube showing a Domino's
Pizza worker stuffing cheese up his nostril and waving salami under
his rear end as he is making sandwiches has led to charges against him
and a co-worker who recorded him, authorities said Wednesday.
Kristy Lynn Hammonds, 31, of Taylorsville and Michael Anthony Setzer,
32, of Conover are each charged with distributing prohibited foods.
Police chief Gary Lafone says it is the same North Carolina statute
that forbids any tampering with Halloween candy.
In the video, Setzer is making sandwiches while a giggling Hammonds
narrates and urges him to "do it again, do it again" in putting the
cheese up his nose. It appears he threw some of the cheese in the
garbage but some went on a sandwich.
Setzer says: "This is Michael's special Italian sandwich."
Hammonds says the sandwiches were meant to be delivered soon to
customers and that "little did they know that the cheese was in his
nose."
Domino's spokesman Tim McIntyre said the workers were fired and there
is no evidence any of the tampered foods were served to customers. He
said the company also may pursue a lawsuit.
Company CEO Patrick Doyle posted another video in response, saying the
store had been sanitized "top to bottom."
"We're re-examining all of our hiring practices to make sure that
people like this don't make it into our stores," he said.
Setzer was released from the Catawba County jail on $7,500 bond, while
Hammonds remained in custody late Wednesday night. A deputy at the
jail couldn't say if the two had retained attorneys, but they were
scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.
A man identifying himself on the phone as Setzer's father said the
family is not commenting.