Dude Stole $1.2 MILLION Of Frozen Fajitas Over 9 Years

WKTY- A former South Texas juvenile justice department employee has been arrested for felony theft after authorities say he acknowledged stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas over nine years.

Investigators subsequently checked vendor invoices and determined he would intercept county-funded food deliveries and deliver them to his own customers.

The scheme imploded when he missed work one day in August for a medical appointment and a delivery driver showed up with 800 pounds of fajitas, but officials said the juvenile department didn’t serve fajitas.

Gilberto Escaramilla, the fajita kingpin of South Texas, has been brought to justice. Over 9 years, he operated a black market fajita scheme. The scheme was this: Gilberto would have massive orders of frozen, Tex-Mex fajitas delivered to the jail where he worked. He would intercept the delivery guys at the door, sign for the fajitas, and then sell the fajitas to friends and family for weddings, street fairs, quinceañeras, world cup games, etc. The guy was like a Mexican Robin Hood, except that he was stealing from the state and selling fajitas for a profit. And now, the jig is up. His goose is cooked. El pollo es muy picante.

Want to know how he was caught? He took a sick day and the delivery dude showed up with 800 pounds of fajitas. Dude, maybe check the schedule? You successfully pocketed over a million dollars in fajita money because you were careful for a decade. But all it takes is one lazy mistake and it all comes crashing down. Delivery guy shows up, jail was like, yo, we don’t serve fajitas– only tacos. Then the delivery guy was like… but I’ve been delivering fajitas here for a decade. And then a riot broke out, because the prisoners and the guards realized they could have been eating fajitas all those years instead of tacos.

Fajitas are so much better than tacos. What 16 Handles is to frozen yogurt, fajitas are to Mexican food. You can customize your own little fajita exactly to your tastes. A little chicken, some onions, lots of cheese, sour cream, guac… yum! Or, if you’re trying to die, you just go straight sour cream. The point is, it’s up to you! Your own little pillow of fun, nestled comfortably inside a flour tortilla.