Serial 'Dine-and-Dash Dater' convicted

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Serial 'Dine-and-Dash Dater' convicted in Los Angeles as alleged victim says he got serving of 'justice'

The man accused of repeatedly inviting unsuspecting women to restaurants, ordering lavish meals and vanishing without paying anything (leaving the women to pay) was convicted under a plea deal Tuesday.

Paul Guadalupe Gonzales, 45, pleaded no contest to three misdemeanor counts of defrauding an innkeeper by nonpayment and one misdemeanor count of petty theft, the Los Angeles County District Attorney said.

The fast-talking, wine-guzzling serial tab-skipper was immediately sentenced to 120 days in county jail and three years of summary probation and was ordered to pay restitution.

Carol Meredith, a model from Valencia, Calif., said in a phone interview:

Gonzalez invited her to a Mexican restaurant last Spring after they met on Bumble. She said before she even arrived, he consumed a platter of shrimp tacos. He then ordered a second meal with her, excused himself to go to the bathroom and disappeared.

“When it happened to me, I was dumbfounded,” she said. “Clearly he has some issues. It was like a game to him, to see how much he could humiliate us. The fact that he did this on 20 dates over multiple years, it’s kind of ridiculous”.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny-news-dine-dash-dater-convicted-20181120-story.html

[Sneederbunk]

1. Lucky guy. County Jail provides free meals.

[Turbineguy]

2. Well, that takes care of the "Eat" part,

but how about the "and Run" part?

[marble falls]

3. Did anyone remember to tip the waiter?