Lorain/Elyria, OH
Woman claims her pizza bit back
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Lorainite says she plans to sue over tooth in pie
LORAIN — When 49-year-old Carmen Childress ordered a pizza Sunday night, the free topping she received was nothing to smile about.
Childress called police shortly after 8 p.m., claiming to have found a human tooth in her extra-large pepperoni and cheese pizza from the Marco’s Pizza on Leavitt Road.
“I didn’t know what it was I was biting into, but it was hard,” she said. “When I looked at it, I realized it was a tooth, and I knew it wasn’t mine.”
After finding the tooth, Childress’ boyfriend and the couple they were eating with scoured the pizza for any other unsavory toppings and then called the Lorain City Health Department after Marco’s Pizza employees denied being responsible for the tooth, according to the police report.
“I didn’t know what to do or how to react,” Childress said. “I had all kinds of crazy thoughts — I was just emotional.”
Police were subsequently contacted and arrived to recover what appeared to be a full-size human tooth, the report said, and took it into evidence.
They then followed up with Marco’s Pizza where they made contact with the restaurant’s assistant manager who said there was no employee on duty that had lost a tooth, nor had any other situation arisen where a tooth would be placed into any food product, the report said.
The employee who had delivered the pizza was also at the restaurant and told police that her delivery was like any other, with the exception that the residents had offered her beer, which she politely declined, the report said.
A Marco’s Pizza employee reached by phone Monday referred comment to the restaurant’s corporate office, which couldn’t be reached.
Childress said she has frozen the pizza with plans to hand-deliver it to an attorney sometime today, so a lawsuit can be filed.
“I thought I would just order a pizza,” she said. “I didn’t think it would turn into this.”
Contact Stephen Szucs at 329-7129 or sszucs@chroniclet.com.
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First thought “lawsuit”. Interesting! Kinda reminds me of the finger in the chili. Who placed that there and then tried to sue? Hmmmm?
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At least with a finger in your chili there’s a plausible explanation or two, to explain how a human digit found it’s way into your food.
But a tooth in a pizza?!
How in the heck is a an orphan tooth going to end up as a topping? Drivers fighting over who has to deliver to that house where they never tip?
The blood starts flowing and the teeth start flying every which way and one lands on a pizza?
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“I had all kinds of crazy thoughts”
Yeah, like “Wow I’ve hit the jackpot!”
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*“I had all kinds of crazy thoughtsâ€
Yeah, like “Wow I’ve hit the jackpot!†*
and…
“Now I can get that tooth that Jethro knocked out of my mouth hole replaced with a SOLID GOLD ‘un!”
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How stupid. Sounds like another “finger in the chili” scandal. I bet if there was a DNA test done on the tooth, they would find it to be a tooth of a person she knows. I’ve been going to the Leavitt Road Marco’s for almost 20 years, and have never had a problem.
Just sounds like another money hungry clown looking for some free money.
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Can you say SCAM!!!!!!!
Maybe they should have a cinderella ball and have everyone try on the tooth to see who it fits. lol.
Have another beer!!
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was it gold plated
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It is now!
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Another crazy thought:
“How much will I get for this and how fast will I blow it?!?!”
Better start coming up with another get rich quick scheme. Hopefully this one doesn’t bring anything in.
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