Patterson Jokes

Ricky Lee Patterson and his mother, Carla Patterson, claimed they found the rodent during a Mother's Day meal at a Newport News Cracker Barrel in 2004.

Prosecutors charged the Pattersons with conspiracy to commit extortion after they demanded $500,000 from the restaurant.
An examination of the mouse found that it had died of a fractured skull, had no soup in its lungs and had not been cooked. Prosecutors said the findings suggested the rodent had been dropped into the customer's soup after it had died.
In the mother and son's honor, all Virgina jails will be serving mouse soup for the month of October. Mmm Mmm Good!