Cook Admits Putting Hair in Steak

A cook at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Wisconsin is accused of putting facial hairs inside a steak after a customer sent his dinner back.

Ryan Kropp, 24, of West Bend, Wis., was charged with a felony after he allegedly admitted to police he tampered with a customer’s steak, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported. He faces up to 3 1/2 years in jail if convicted.

Kropp said he was angry with the customer, Kevin Hansen, for sending a different steak back to the kitchen of the West Bend restaurant Saturday because it was overcooked. Kropp said he thought Hansen was just trying to get a free meal.

A worker in the kitchen told police that Kropp cut a slit in the second steak and shoved something inside. Kropp allegedly told fellow employees that he had used pubic hair, the newspaper said.