Meat Crimes
Meat Crime Blotter - “Step Away from the Chicken Leftovers” Edition

05/03/11 An Orangeburg woman said her 40-year-old son ate her leftover chicken Sunday evening without asking her permission, according to a Sheriff’s Office incident report.

The son acknowledged eating the leftover chicken but said he did not think his mother would call the law about the matter, the report said.

The mother requested her son be removed from the house. (Orangeburg, SC)

04/20/11 A homeowner caught a burglar eating chicken inside his kitchen late Tuesday night. Dylon David Elston, 21, of Wright Avenue, Kingston, was arraigned in Wilkes-Barre Central Court on charges of burglary, criminal trespass, theft and public drunkenness.

Brian Everhart told police that he heard a noise in his kitchen of his house on Reynolds Street and allegedly saw Elston eating chicken from the refrigerator.

Elston told Everhart he was looking for his friend’s house. Elston grabbed hot dogs from the freezer and ran out the back door, the criminal complaint says.

Police said they captured Elston in the 100 block of Nottingham Street. Elston denied he burglarized the house. (Plymouth, PA)