Voters threw him overboard, but he’s still making waves. The founder of popular Pirate’s Booty cheese puff snack who got clobbered in his longshot Long Island village mayoral bid claimed the ...

Time to walk the plank! The founder of popular Pirate’s Booty cheese puff line got shellacked in Tuesday’s Sea Cliff mayoral election, losing to incumbent Elena Villafane 1,064 votes to just ...

The founder of Pirate’s Booty Snacks lost his chaotic bid for mayor of a tiny New York community after he claimed he was the village leader and had the authority to replace the entire local ...

The founder of the popular Pirate’s Booty popcorn brand lost his bid for mayor and lost his cool on the citizens of a small town in Long Island, N.Y. Robert Ehrlich was running for mayor of Sea ...

Ehrlich — whose Pirate's Booty brand is now owned by The Hershey Company — allegedly grew confrontational when Sea Cliff staffers refused to comply, requiring police to intervene. "Village ...

Bags of Pirate's Booty are seen on September 17, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matthew Simmons/WireImage) Matthew Simmons via Getty Images At 9:44 on the morning of Monday ...

Pirate’s Booty founder Robert Ehrlich attempted a mutiny in a tiny Long Island village shortly before losing his campaign for mayor, local officials confirmed. On March 10, officials say Ehrlich ...

SEA CLIFF, New York (WABC) -- An unexpected and peculiar fight is playing out in this one-square-mile village on Long Island as the fight for the mayor's seat in the village of Sea Cliff comes to ...

At 9:44 on the morning of Monday, March 10, Robert Ehrlich — the snack magnate behind Pirate’s Booty — stormed into the city offices of Sea Cliff, N.Y., and falsely proclaimed himself mayor.

Officials say the founder of the Pirate’s Booty snack line baselessly declared himself mayor of the small Long Island village of Sea Cliff. The village said Robert Ehrlich and a small entourage ...