Man accused of meat theft

Tuesday April 13 2010

THIS is the man accused of stealing over €350 worth of meat products from a southside supermarket.

Patrick Byrne (31) is alleged to have taken the legs of lamb from Superquinn in Blackrock on a number of dates in early March.

The accused, (right*) of Longford Street Little, Dublin 2, is alleged to have walked into the supermarket, picked up a number of legs and shoulders of lamb, and walked out without paying.

Dun Laoghaire District Court heard the DPP has directed summary disposal of the matter in the District Court. The matter was adjourned for four weeks.

(*the photo is absent from the website)

http://www.herald.ie/national-news/courts/man-accused-of-meat-theft-2135698.html

Meat stolen from local grocery store

Posted By Daily News Staff

Posted 8 hours ago

Two Chatham residents are charged with theft under $5,000 and possession of stolen property after meat was stolen from No Frills on Queen Street Saturday afternoon.

Chatham-Kent police allege a man entered the store around 3 p.m. and took $80 worth of meat before leaving without making an attempt to pay.

At about the same time, police said a woman entered the store and allegedly stole $80 worth of poultry.

Both thefts went unnoticed until Sunday, when the store manager reviewed the surveillance video, police said.

Both suspects, a 23-year-old man and 20-year-old woman, are charged.

They were held for a bail hearing.

Source: Chatham Daily News

Local food pantry dealing with theft of hundreds of pounds of meat

A La Crosse food pantry is dealing with a slight setback.

It comes after someone stole about 500 pounds of donated frozen meat from a chest freezer at the Wafer food pantry last week.

The executive director says it doesn't appear someone broke into the building but that people are coming and going throughout the day.

She says they can replace frozen hamburger patties for about 25 cents a pound, but it'd be too expensive to restock the donated food that was in the freezer. Wafer Executive Director Heidi Blanke says, "we can replace 500 pounds not too expensively but we won't get the variety of meat that was in there. There was shrimp, steaks, ribs, all kinds of wonderful items that we don't normally get if we had to purchase them."

Blanke says they do food pick-up's from a local store about three times a week and they also buy from food banks. However, the variety in foods usually comes from donations.

WKBT.com

Store is peppered with meat thieves

times.series@archant.co.uk
25 March 2010

Retailers warned that an area is suffering a shoplifting epidemic - of posh meat and biscuits.

Despite police officers stepping up the fight against crime by launching a new security marking system, unperturbed thieves are stealing vast quantities of steak and expensive meat joints, and flogging them to recession-hit middle class families.

Gilbert Abou-Haydor, manager at Marks & Spencer in Kilburn High Road, said the store has suffered a large rise in thefts of their top end meats and biscuits, and that the problem had got so bad he has resorted to electronically tagging his meats.

He said: "Shoplifters are stealing from our meat section. Yesterday a man headed straight to our meat counter and scooped up about ten pieces of steak.

"When I asked him if he intended to buy them he said no and put them back. Some are so persistent - you throw them out but they lurk by the doors ready to come in again when the security guards aren't working."

Council officers think thieves are stealing more and more expensive meat and luxury biscuits, and selling them to cash-strapped customers who can no longer afford the fine dining experience.

Carmen Jones, senior community safety officer at Camden Council, said: "The shoplifters come and steal from shops like M&S and then sell it round the corner or in the local pub."

Police from Brent and Camden who patrol the high road have vowed to tackle the phenomenon by handing out property markers to retailers to help track down their stolen goods.

So far nearly 30 retailers have signed up to the scheme.

Maureen Flannery, deputy head of Brent Council's community partnership trust, which oversees policing in the area, said: "We are determined to stop these thieves.

"We want to raise the confidence of people so that they can help tackle crime by signing up to the scheme."

If the markers are successful in Kilburn High Road, it will be rolled out to other parts of the borough.

kate.ferguson@archant.co.uk

Link: Wembley and Kingsbury Times

Police: Beef bandit tried to steal nearly $6,000 in tenderloin

Man also allegedly tried to get store security in on the plan

By CASEY MCNERTHNEY
SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF

Some criminals go for cash, copper wire, electronics, fancy jewelry.

But Jimmie Lane Jr.? Police say his tastes ran more toward boneless beef tenderloin.

Court documents also suggest the 58-year-old is a meathead bandit.

About 8 p.m. March 23, police were called to the QFC in the 400 block of 15th Avenue East where employees said an unknown man was loading boxes of frozen meat into a blue Saturn.

As officers were en route, an employee called back saying store security was struggling with the suspect, later identified as Lane.

Police arrived and found his car backed to the loading dock on the northeast side of the store. The rear hatchback was open. A large box of beef was in the trunk, investigators said.

"Four more boxes of meat were seen sitting on the edge of the loading dock," Officer Daniel Auderer wrote in his report. "A pair of red bolt cutters was lying on the ground near the vehicle. A few feet from the bolt cutters was a screwdriver with a wooden handle also lying on the ground."

Court documents say the meat Lane allegedly tried to steal was worth $5,637,54.

A QFC employee first noticed Lane about 7:30 p.m. in the store's stockroom. He said he was looking for the bathroom.

Police believe at some point, he tried to cut the chain that operated the roll-up door from the loading dock to the stockroom.

That is, security guards told police, until he realized the loading dock door wasn't locked.

Lane allegedly asked the guard if he was an officer. The man said no, so Lane asked him to help carry boxes, saying he would "cut him in on the deal," according to investigators.

The man helped in what appeared to be an attempt to gather evidence. After loading beef into the blue Saturn, the security guard told police he showed his badge and identified himself to Lane.

"When I tried to stop him," the man told police, "he tried to stab me with a screwdriver."

Lane tried to flee with a box of meat in his trunk, but another security guard opened the passenger side of his Saturn, struggled with Lane and handcuffed him, according to the report.

It was time to stick a fork in him. He was done.

Police said store security video shows Lane going into the back of QFC with bolt cutters after his car was parked by the loading dock. He's also allegedly shown stealing tenderloin twice from the frozen meat locker.

Prosecutors said he's a flight risk -- Lane has had 104 warrants since 1985.

His history includes convictions for vehicle theft, three burglary cases, three theft cases, possession of stolen property, forgery, DUI and unlawful issuance of bank checks. Lane also has a pending first-degree theft case in King County Superior Court and a third-degree theft case.

While being transported to King County Jail, Lane admitted to stealing the beef, but denied trying to stab the security officer, police said.

In lieu of $101,00 bail, he remains in jail, where staff Capt. Troy Bacon said Lane will receive sack lunches and other meals.

"Inmates are served a variety of food," he said. "But it won't be steak, let me tell you that."

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Bail revoked for meat theft

A man who expected a “slap on the wrist” for stealing steaks from Safeway will stay behind bars pending his trial after a judge revoked his bail.

David Vilac was on bail for theft. Earlier this week a Safeway security officer hiding steaks in his jacket spotted him.

When confronted, he told the officer he didn’t know why he did it, but wouldn’t get more than a slap on the wrist.

The Crown applied to have Vilac’s bail revoked, noting he committed the offence while on bail for allegations of same offence.

Vilac was not in court when the Crown made its application. A warrant was issued for his arrest.

The Kaloomps Daily News

Athens City Police Nab Hometown Hamburglar

A man arrests a steak thief hiding in his shed.

"The local police arrested this fellow who was hiding on my property(actually in the bathroom of my garage).He'd just ganked a bunch of steaks from Hometown Groceries.My dog woke me up,saying,"Yo,Gabe,some fool's hidin' in my bathroom from the cops...he has steak,too..."

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