"Travis McGee" > wrote in message
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> http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911...h-seattle-qfc/
>
> Police nab man pushing cartload of stolen meat from QFC
> Posted on May 30, 2014 | By Lynsi Burton
> Seattle police caught a 50-year-old man pushing practically a whole cow in
> a grocery cart Wednesday night outside a South Seattle QFC.
>
> Man had a craving, but reportedly did not pay for his fix, police allege.
>
> An officer was driving about 11:15 p.m. down Rainier Avenue South near
> South McClellan Street when he noticed a man pushing a shopping cart
> filled with meat along the street, Seattle police reports say.
>
> The officer pulled up next to the man, wondering what he was doing with so
> many steaks and ribs late at night. The man claimed he was taking them to
> a friend’s house.
>
> A second officer consulted with workers at a nearby QFC, who reported the
> man had just taken off without paying for the 13 packages of meat, valued
> at $263, reports say.
>
> Police booked the man into King County Jail for investigation of the
> theft.
>
> QFC had to toss the meat because it was taken outside the store.

Good grief! But oddly enough, the most blatant way to steal things is often
how people get away with it.