A cringeworthy copycat inspired by a viral video showing a teen licking a tub of ice cream before putting it back on the shelf has been arrested for a similar stunt, Louisiana police said.

Lenise Lloyd Martin III, 36, was arrested by Assumption Parish sheriff’s deputies on Saturday after being filmed opening a carton of Blue Bell ice cream from a freezer, licking it, poking his finger into the frozen treat and putting it back on a shelf, WAFB reports.

A 13-second clip shows a smiling Martin playfully looking around after taking his first unauthorized taste as a child walks behind him and appears to turn around. Martin then sneaks a second lick after jabbing his finger into the ice cream and looking into the camera before placing it back into a freezer, video shows.

“We discourage anyone from copying this atrocious act,” a sheriff’s office spokesman told the station. “It is illegal. It’s a health risk to others. We will pursue anyone we see do this. You will be charged.”

Martin was arrested after deputies found evidence that he posted video of his alleged unsanitary actions at a grocery store in Belle Rose, west of New Orleans, on Facebook, public information officer Lonny Cavalier told CNN.

Martin later showed detectives a receipt for the ice cream, suggesting that he ultimately paid for his contaminated confection — but Cavalier said the purchase still did not clear him of wrongdoing.

“Taking into consideration that he eventually purchased the same container is one thing,” Cavalier told CNN. “However, he puts it on Facebook to gain this notoriety and at the end of the day, it gives other people ideas that are not the best interest of public health.”

Martin remained in custody as of early Monday. He faces charges of unlawful posting of criminal activity for notoriety and publicity and criminal mischief, jail records show. A judge is expected to set his bail during a court appearance Monday, WAFB reports.

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Cavalier said Martin is believed to have been inspired by the teen who was identified by cops on Friday for licking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream and putting it back in a freezer at a Walmart in Texas on June 28.

The teen, whose viral video generated millions of views, could have faced up to 20 years in prison, but police said they would not press charges because she’s a minor.

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But deputies in Assumption Parish aren’t leaving any doubt for other potential copycats, saying anyone who mimics the ice cream raiders will be prosecuted “immediately and with the full extent of the law,” a spokesman told WAFB.