--- title: Woman Arrested After Ordering Sandwich at Jail Security Booth description: Lizabeth Ildefonso was arrested after attempting to order a sandwich and failing a sobriety test at the Riverhead Correctional Facility. canonical: https://time.com/5205886/sandwich-order-jail-security-booth-arrest/ author: Lena Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-19T19:43:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:28.889Z og:title: Woman Gets Arrested After Mistaking Security Booth for Drive Thru og:description: She wanted to order a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich og:url: https://time.com/5205886/sandwich-order-jail-security-booth-arrest/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47fcb79200f4a200/69892b49bc6cfc85dc3e563c/egg-sandwich-lizabeth-ildefonso-arrest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4375 og:image:height: 2461 og:image:alt: Breakfast Sandwich (with path) og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Woman Gets Arrested After Mistaking Security Booth for Drive Thru twitter:description: She wanted to order a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47fcb79200f4a200/69892b49bc6cfc85dc3e563c/egg-sandwich-lizabeth-ildefonso-arrest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Woman Gets Arrested After Trying to Order a Sandwich at a Jail Security Booth > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman Mar 19, 2018 7:43 PM UTC  Bacon breakfast sandwich with egg and cheese slice isolated on white Bacon breakfast sandwich with egg and cheese slice isolated on white Getty Images by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman Mar 19, 2018 7:43 PM UTC One woman’s quest for a [sandwich](http://time.com/5109798/sandwich-not-equally-cut-reactions/) ended with her arrest. [According to PIX 11](http://pix11.com/2018/03/16/woman-mistakes-jail-security-booth-for-drive-thru-tries-to-order-breakfast-sandwich-gets-arrested/), 44-year-old Lizabeth Ildefonso drove up to a security booth at Long Island’s Riverhead Correctional Facility and tried ordering a sandwich as if it were a drive thru. [The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office wrote](https://www.facebook.com/SuffolkSheriff/photos/a.353841714709535.87680.329683123792061/1716300331796993/?type=3&theater) that Ildefonso approached Deputy Sheriff Yvonne DeCaro and attempted to order a “[bacon, egg and cheese](http://www.extracrispy.com/food/3411/the-bacon-egg-and-beer-cheese-sandwich-will-be-your-best-friend-if-you-let-it).” Deputy DeCaro told Ildefonso she was, in fact, not at a drive thru but at a correctional facility. Ildefonso allegedly repeated her request for a sandwich. While the interaction was taking place, Deputy DeCaro “observed that the driver’s pupils were dilated, had glassy eyes, and had a white powder residue in her left nostril,” reports the Sheriff’s Office. Additionally, Ildefonso did not have a valid license. Ildefonso was placed under arrest after a low performance on sobriety tests. 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