Nevada couple sentenced in chili finger case

AP ^ | 1/18/6 | Kim Curtis

[SmithL]

San Jose -- A Nevada couple who cooked up a scheme to plant a severed finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili to extort money from the fast food chain were sentenced Wednesday to lengthy prison terms.

Anna Ayala, 40, who said she bit into the digit, was sentenced to nine years in state prison. Her husband, Jaime Plascencia, 44, who supplied the finger, was ordered locked up for more than a dozen years.

The pair pleaded guilty Sept. 9 in Santa Clara County Superior Court to two felony charges arising from the chili-finger scam: conspiracy to file a false insurance claim and attempted grand theft with damages exceeding $2.5 million.

Ayala said she retched March 22 after biting into the fingertip while dining with her family at a Wendy's in San Jose.

Although authorities suspected a hoax — in part because the finger wasn't cooked — word of the stomach-turning find quickly spread around the world. The Dublin, Ohio-based fast food chain claimed it lost $2.5 million in sales because of the bad publicity and dozens of workers at the company's Northern California franchises were laid off.

[rellimpank]

--good--

[The_Victor]

They shoulda just brought in a dead roach or mouse. Or maybe they could have spilled the chili on themselves and sued over the burns.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Her husband, Jaime Plascencia, 44, who supplied the finger, was ordered locked up for more than a dozen years."

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It should be noted that Plascencia supplied *someone else's* finger for the hoax.

[jazusamo]

I wonder if Ayala will still be bragging about inmates asking her for her autograph now. Nine years should be ample time for her to sign all of them. Thankfully, she was sentenced by a no-nonsense judge.

[KevinB]

I imagine that in prison Mr. Plascencia is going to learn a lot more about discovering digits in places where they don't belong.

[martin_fierro]

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[dhs12345]

Agreed.

Have no sympathy for scumbags like these two.

Same type of creeps who prey on everyone and are always looking for that large payoff from a lawsuit. Versus earning their living legitimately by working hard.

[martin_fierro]

l o l

[stephenjohnbanker]

I see the judge really gave them the finger.

[andyk]

I wonder why the mastermind received less time than her husband.

[yobid]

Anna Ayala, 40, who said she bit into the digit, was sentenced to nine years in state prison. Her husband, Jaime Plascencia, 44, who supplied the finger, was ordered locked up for more than a dozen years.

And the Vermont rapist of a 6 year old gets 60 days. That's some justice system we have here.

[CounterCounterCulture]

YAY!!!

[CounterCounterCulture]

Screw with my local Wendy's, you lying race-baiting extortionist...

BUH-BYE

[RichRepublican]

Your comment on the tip of my tongue---so to speak.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Well, I still ain't eating those "chicken nuggets". Besides, wouldn't "nuggets" have to come from a rooster?

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Alyala's Product Line.

[AnAmericanMother]

IIRC, he already had a criminal record.

[dhs12345]

The rapist should have gotten 20 years.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

[NormsRevenge]

Chili w/ Cheese FoR Everybody!!!