Revenge: Pizza Shop Owner Caught Planting Mice at Rival Shops
- Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:37am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — A pizzeria owner with mice problems he blamed on competitors tried to sabotage two rival shops by dumping mice in them Monday, authorities in suburban Philadelphia said.
Pizza Owner Planted Mice On Competitor: MyFoxPHILLY.com
Upper Darby police said a man walked into Verona Pizza on Monday afternoon and asked to use the bathroom. After he left, the owner said he found footprints on the toilet and noticed that the drop ceiling had been disturbed, and he found a bag tucked up above.
The owner turned the bag over to two police officers who happened to be eating lunch there, and they found three white mice inside, police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said.
Police say the man then walked across the street to Uncle Nick’s Pizza and dumped another bag into a trash can inside the establishment, and police found five live mice and one dead one inside.
“We have never had anything like this where mice have been used as an instrument of crime,” Chitwood said.
“This is food terrorism by mice.”
Nikolas Galiatsatos, 47, owner of Nina’s Bella Pizzeria a few blocks away, faces charges of disorderly conduct, harassment and animal cruelty, police said.
Chitwood told reporters that investigators believe Galiatsatos was having mice problems himself that he blamed on his competitors.
“We believe that he’s trying to put the competitive pizza places out of business,” Chitwood said. He said the mice, apparently purchased that day at a nearby pet store, have been turned over to animal control officers.
Galiatsatos remained in custody and it was unclear whether he had an attorney. A call to his shop was referred to a man who said he was Galiatsatos’ father but declined to give his name and declined to comment.
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Comments (55)
Colonel-Burkhalter
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:09pmDid he cut off their tails with a carving knife?
Report Post »Moment of Clarity
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:22pmthat dirty rat!
Report Post »brotherhiram
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:40pmthat’s why there should be a law that in order to own a pizzeria your last name should end in a vowel.
vinnie the greek here should have stuck at making souvlaki, or at least learned to make a decent pizza usually that’s how it works in this business, make a better product and customers will come to you.
Report Post »thankyouvets
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:00pmlovely
Report Post »joef
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:43pmlmfao thats awesome!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Barb1954
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:16pmI guess the guy never thought to ASK his competitors for HELP on HOW to fight his mouse problem. Sheeeeeeesh, these people these days!
Report Post »Beware of Romans
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:12pmDo mice count as one topping or two?
Report Post »brotherhiram
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:43pmthey would fall unders the “specialty pizza” category, baked ziti, cheestake pizza, buffalo chicken pizza and roasted topo gigios….
Report Post »Beware of Romans
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:11pmFurther proof of the ‘Eurotrash mentality to rely on lies and deceptions to get ahead in life.
Any wonder why the socialist EU is collapsing accross the pond.
Report Post »604karen
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:37pmFlamegonesilver…
There is already a bag full of rats in the Whitehouse.
Report Post »WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:10pmThe limits some will go to. If only we knew what we were eating when we dine out, not just competitive tactics but Disgruntled Employees.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:38pmWhen we get hungry enough we will eat Mice, but I draw the line at eating Disgruntled Employees. Rumor has it that Democrats give you gas.
Report Post »exdem
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:55pmWhat has happened to us???? Remember when people took pride in their jobs, homes and families??
Report Post »Now its all about sneaky devious ways to get what you want by any means necessary. Everyone thinks they are entittled to do wantever they want with no moral compass. This whole division in the country is like good vs evil and each side thinks they are the good side! The election of the Great Uniter has torn this society apart. It brought every communist/socialist/marxist out of the closet and into our faces. We have media scolding us for hanging onto our traditional values and religion. We have elected officials trying to overthrow our government and shut down dissenting voices. Has America gone crazy?? Is it too late to fix it??? Will my children be enslaved in a communist or Islamic America???
obama_binpharteen
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:36pmMmmmmmmm. mice pizza, yummy.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:32pmAs jobs become more scarce, and as the economy bottlenecks, we are going to see the most bizarre stories come out.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:29pmIf you see mice with peanut butter and a blasting cap sticking out of his/her butt. You had better run.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:23pmSarah Pallin did it!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:20pmMONEY! Competition. MONEY!
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:04pmWhat a jerk! I guess he doesn’t like the free-market of capitalism whereby a business owner must compete for customers. The guy just has to be a FASCIST LEFTIST…..dollars to donuts. Or should I say, onions to pepperoni?
Report Post »lillianrose
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:22pmMaybe- the new white meat. Somehow the guy from Never Cry Wolf comes to mind.
Report Post »tersky
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:01pmFarley Mowat. I had forgotten about his mouse-feast. ICK!
Report Post »An AmericanMom
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:02pmAre the mice in a UNION? Maybe they should protest?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:58amMice? Fugget aboudit !
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:55amI love that they charged him with animal cruelty…For abandoning feeder mice…Lol…
Report Post »Colonel-Burkhalter
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:05pmTrolltrainer, about 8 years ago a man in my area of the country got charged with cruelty to animals for killing a rattle snake that was about to bite him. He was driving in the country, pulled over to pee, and there was the rattle snake ready to strike. He hit it with his cane and morality wounded it. He called 911 and when the authorities arrived they took it to an animal hospital and tried to revive it, but it died. The old man received a ticket for killing the snake. This is a true story and it goes to show how crazy things have gotten.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:52amCertainly, NO integrity. Not the kind of American I want in this great capitalistic society. Couldn’t even be trusted to work in my kitchen, or in my bathroom.
Report Post »franknshadow
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:50amSo WTH?? This is relevant to what??
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:19pmDirty tricks by low-down liberals.
Report Post »Browncoat359
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:48amHe used white mice. When was the last time you saw/caught a white mouse outside of a laboratory animal or pet setting? This guy deserves to fail in business just ouit of stupidity alone.
Report Post »LAM2
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:51amOnly white mice used?? Must be a racist.
Report Post »sarc
tersky
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:58pmThat was the main point I wanted to make. If the guy had an ounce of brains in his thick head he would have found himself some common-looking brown mice. What an idiot.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:43amMust be liberals spreading the wealth (of mice).
Report Post »flamegonesilver
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:59amLOLOLOLOL!!!
Report Post »SHOWTIME…that’s a good one!!!
Tks. for the laugh!
I’ve got a bag FULL of rats…gonna let ‘em go in the White House!
Robert-CA
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:36pmWhat happened to competition in this country ???????????
Report Post »Everybody wants to be equal .
Bring back competition & let the best win .
chips1
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:51pmObummer already beat you to it. He brought in a bag of rats into the White House and made them czars.
Report Post »rmblount
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:42amOh good grief!
Report Post »LAM2
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:02pmYou know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men…..
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:02pmJust be glad they didn‘t have watch timers on them and hadn’t ingested explosive peanut butter.
Report Post »lillianrose
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:03pmFool man chew?
Report Post »colonial10
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:19pmJust another window into what we are becoming. This man is a complete idiot and I hope he looses his business. I’m sure the government will not let him fail. They will take his side some how. Let the creeps keep there business’s going and let the good people fail. Twisted.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:27pmLAM2
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:02pm
You know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men…..
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ROFL .. you beat me to it!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:28pmIf he wants to put them out of business….MAKE a Better Pizza!!!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:29pmI heard about this on the radio today; the part I find of interest is though a competetor has been accused of the ‘mice-terrorism’ now, what will he be charged with, if anything by the police? The other part to wonder of, since the mice being released would have potentially endangered the health of the customers, could he face charges of attempted aggrivated assault, or some form of premeditated battery or attempted harm on the customers and workers of the pizza shop?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:31pm@Lantern
Was there not a movie where a man loaded a garbage truck full of mice or rats, and each one of them had explosives (hollywood effects in the film) to stop the bad guy assassins?
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:39pmHe might have been better off taking orders at his place and sending a runner over to one of the other guys for the actual pizza…then passing it off as his own. No inventory, no cook…just a cashier, waiter, runner.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:41pmBy the way, I love how we are reading about mice/pizzas/etc…when the ticker at the botttom od the screen is mentioning the “evacuation of Houston city Hall.”
What’s up with that?
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:43pmAHahahaha!
What the hell are you ranting about 13th idiot…
You’re such a troll.
You’re STILL dwelling on that old thread.
Wow.
Even Dashriprock hasn’t trolled me that long on one stupid thread…
You’re interjecting that nonsense into everything.
Report Post »ablisterin
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:45pm“Food terrorism by mice” and “animal cruelty?” I’m dying from “terrorism by radical insanity-ism.”
Report Post »Miguelito
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:00pmBet he’s a lib!
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 4:48pmDon‘t know if he’s a Lib…but you cannot deny that he is a Capitalist pig…
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 6:13amliberals have no sense of humor or entrepreneurial incentive…..
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