A Meat Truck Goes Missing in Prescott

Written by Lynne LaMaster

Friday, 05 March 2010 01:11

Photo from the Bridgford Foods web site, and shows examples of the types of foods that may have been taken. On Wednesday, Matthew Miller returned to where he parked his work truck on Union Street, after grabbing lunch at a local pizza place about a block away.    But there Miller encountered a problem - the white 1997 Isuzu dually, with California license plate: 5N50340, had disappeared. Half full of gasoline and with the name "Bridgford" printed in red on all four sides of the truck, it simply was not there.    Miller had parked in the first angled parking spot at the northeast corner of Union and Cortez Streets, taking both sets of keys with him. Miller stated that he believed he had locked the door of the vehicle, and was only gone about 10 minutes. He said that the door sometimes doesn't work right if you don't shut it properly, though. Police called to the scene noted that there was no broken window glass anywhere in the parking spot. They doublechecked with police dispatch, but there was no record of the truck being towed away. Miller reported that he had gone to several businesses selling Bridgford packaged meats (steak, jerky, etc.), but about $6000 of product remained in the refrigerated section of the truck. Add that to the cost of a handheld "intermec" computerized scanner ($500-$600) and the estimated value of the truck (about $5000) and the total value of the theft is estimated to be about $11,600. Miller said he had no idea how someone could have taken it. According to Prescott police reports, the investigation is continuing.