LOCAL - Customer Puts Mouse in Taco Bell Burrito

from CNN

Prosecutors charge Ryan Daniel Goff hatched a mousey scam to strike it rich.

He's charged with planting a dead mouse in a burrito at a Taco Bell in Traverse City, Mich. Goff, 20, laughed and smiled as a judge charged with him extortion for allegedly stuffing the dead mouse in the burrito last week.

Goff's plan was ill-conceived from the start. He complained his burrito tasted funny when he ate at the Taco Bell Jan. 24.

They said he didn't want a replacement burrito and insisted on keeping his when he left. Court documents said he later called Taco Bell's regional manager, asking for money to settle the matter.

He's accused of trying to extort money from the manager to make the mouse matter disappear. Apparently Goff's girlfriend saw him buy frozen mice at a pet store and place one in the burrito.

Goff was already in jail on unrelated charges last week. His bond has been raised to $100,000.