Let this be a lesson to all aspiring meat criminals: diversification ain’t just for stock portfolios…

Repeat Crab Leg Thief Nabbed After Low-Speed Chase, Banned From Entire Supermarket Chain

There is an update today on the man accused of stealing crab legs from a supermarket last week. News10NBC has learned the suspect has a record and has been banned from ever entering any Tops [Friendly Markets] location.

Johnnie Levert of Rochester was arraigned Thursday morning in Canandaigua City Court. State Police say he stole crab legs from the Tops in Perinton last Wednesday.

The very next day, investigators say he stole crab legs from the Tops in Canandaigua. After leading police on a low-speed chase, he was arrested in Bushnell’s Basin.

It’s only a matter of time before varmint-trappin’ becomes all the rage in Williamsburg.

Poachers in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Caught Trapping and Eating Ducks, Pigeons

Cops have busted a group of oddball poachers in Prospect Park — a band of vagrants that was trapping and eating ducks, squirrels and pigeons.
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The city would not immediately release details of the incidents, which occurred on July 17 and 18 — just days after park-goers told rangers about a “Beverly Hillbillies”-like scene on the southeast side of the lake, near the ice skating rink. “This is a dodgy group,” said park-goer Peter Colon, who spotted one of the men catching a pigeon while his friend started a fire.

If there were a “Ladies of Meat Crimes” calendar, lovely Danielle here would definitely be Miss April.

Woman Arrested for Prostitution, Stealing Shrimp

A Utica woman’s arrest early Thursday morning was her second in two days, Utica police said.

Danielle Giruzzi, age 27, was arrested at around 2:30 a.m. for loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution, police said.

Giruzzi also was arrested Wednesday on a misdemeanor petit larceny charge in connection with stealing shrimp on March 15 at the South Utica Price Chopper, police said.

Seems like if you’re going to rob a place with “Steaks” in its name, you should perhaps aim a little higher. But, then again, we’re not the criminal mastermind on a 10-speed.

Bicycle Riding Hot Dog Thief Faces Felony Charges

Utica police Wednesday received a phone call from a concerned citizen who said he saw a man enter Rick’s Steaks at Catherine and First streets.

The man soon exited and was carrying a white box and left the scene on a bicycle, the caller told police.

Officer Ryan Kelly responded to the area and found the man at Oriskany and First streets with a box of Hoffman’s hot dogs, police said.

We will give this reporter something. He is seriously up on his beef jerky crime. Hell, we didn’t even get around to posting about those guys who stole jerky to finance the remainder of their road trip!

The snack food scoundrel has hit six convenience stores in Cheektowaga alone, one of them twice, and there are reports of similar incidents in Amherst, Kenmore and Tonawanda.

Police said the suspect steals snack food, most of it beef jerky, and estimate his haul is worth an estimated $1,000 and growing.

If you ever find yourself in Buffalo, NY, sign here says this place has great steaks.

01/27/11 Moreland Hills police reported at 2:40 a.m. Sunday that a “highly intoxicated male” was walking from the BP Station. When Chagrin Falls police caught up with him, “he appeared to have an entire package of beef jerky in his mouth,” and was reluctant to give his name and address. When police told him he needed to cooperate or face charges he said he was hungry and his mother was “Martha Washington.” The South Russell man, 24, was later picked up at the police station by his parents.  (Chagrin Falls, OH)

01/05/11 A caller reports that twice in the past 30 days he had found horse manure at 9A at Farragut Avenue, the place in which he normally parks his hot dog truck for operation. The caller stated that he’d had a dispute with an unknown individual several weeks prior to the first incident. The caller said the excrement was transported in black garbage bags with yellow plastic drawstrings, which were left at the scene. Police are still investigating. (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)

01/04/11 Stringfield Road: A three-ton air conditioner was among items taken during a burglary to a residence between 6 p.m. Sunday and 5:51 a.m. Monday. Also taken were an unknown quantity of meats, pork chops and fish. (Huntsville, AL)

12/23/10 Theft at the 600 block of Hazelwood Road on 12/23 at 6:39 a.m.—Unlocked garage was entered—a ham and a pound cake were stolen from the freezer. (Haverford, PA)

12/06/10 An independent salesman who distributes meat for Chef’s Choice went to a sales call at Portland Court apartments on Nov. 1. The salesman brought three cases of meat with a total value of $600. A woman in one apartment tried to call in an order to verify her food-stamp account but could not get phone service inside. The salesman went outside, made the phone call and determined that the woman’s account had insufficient funds. He tried to go back inside, but the woman would not let him in. (Irondequoit, NY)

Hey, a beef jerky addict’s gotta do what a beef jerky addict’s gotta do. Seriously, that shit’s expensive.

Man’s Two City Beef Jerky Crime Spree Comes to an End

Seems like Ronald Smith Jr. of Herkimer might have a thing for beef jerky, according to local police.
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As Smith faces similar charges in Rome and Yorkville, Collea said he is planning to review store surveillance videos to determine whether Smith will face any additional charges for stealing more beef jerky on other occasions.

Collea said he did not know why Smith might have been taking so much beef jerky.