Woman and son convicted over mouse-in-soup extortion scam

A woman and her adult son have been convicted of trying to extort money from the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain by claiming they found a dead mouse in a bowl of soup while celebrating Mother’s Day in 2004.

Jurors deliberated for nearly four hours on Friday before convicting Carla Patterson, 38, and Ricky Patterson, 22, of conspiracy to commit extortion.