--- description: Apparently he hasn't made it to the end of the show yet title: Breaking Bad: Guy Wearing Los Pollos Hermanos Shirt Arrested for Meth Lab image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e48d8a9b891f1c4/69868362169ab00bb4278073/daniel-kowalski.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Guy Wearing Breaking Bad Shirt Busted for Meth Lab  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2014 10:52 PM CUT  Cook County Sheriff's Office  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2014 10:52 PM CUT An Illinois _Breaking Bad_ fan has been arrested for allegedly having a meth lab, among other things, in his residence, the Cook County sheriff’s office announced Wednesday. Daniel Kowalski—who it seems may not have yet seen how _Breaking Bad_ ends—was arrested on Monday evening, after officers acted on a tip that he may have been cooking meth again. The alleged criminal mastermind, age 21, was originally arrested last July for having a suspected meth lab, and he was wearing an electronic monitoring device at the time of his arrest. He’s been charged with possession of a controlled substance and having materials for a meth lab. Officers say they found glass beakers, burners, chemicals and “12 jars of psychedelic mushrooms in the residence.” Kowalski was arrested, awesomely, wearing a “Los Pollos Hermanos” t-shirt, the name of the food chain that serves as a front for a massive international meth operation through part of the show _Breaking Bad_. If he has actually watched a good bit of _Breaking Bad_, Kowalski may have taken the wrong message from the show. Maybe meth clouded his judgement. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/10549/breaking-bad-t-shirt-meth-lab-arrest/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/10549/breaking-bad-t-shirt-meth-lab-arrest/"},"headline":"Guy Wearing Breaking Bad Shirt Busted for Meth Lab","datePublished":"2014-02-26T22:52:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:31:02.512Z","description":"Apparently he hasn't made it to the end of the show yet","url":"https://time.com/10549/breaking-bad-t-shirt-meth-lab-arrest/","keywords":["Crime","Drugs","breaking bad","Meth"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e48d8a9b891f1c4/69868362169ab00bb4278073/daniel-kowalski.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e48d8a9b891f1c4/69868362169ab00bb4278073/daniel-kowalski.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"daniel-kowalski","caption":"","creditText":"Cook County Sheriff's Office","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/10549/breaking-bad-t-shirt-meth-lab-arrest/","name":"Guy Wearing Breaking Bad Shirt Busted for Meth Lab"}}]}] ```