Gourmet shoplifter caught at River Falls supermarket
A 47-year-old rural River Falls man was picked up after allegedly trying to walk out of Family Fresh Market, 303 S. Main St., without paying for $229 worth of packaged meat -- beef rib eye and lobster! The man, who was with his son, allegedly had his prepackaged order from the meat department stashed away. He paid for a few other items at the checkout lane, then returned for the packaged meat. He placed that in his cart and away he went outside before being detained.By: Phil Pfuehler, River Falls Journal
A 47-year-old rural River Falls man was picked up after allegedly trying to walk out of Family Fresh Market, 303 S. Main St., without paying for $229 worth of packaged meat -- beef rib eye and lobster! The man, who was with his son, allegedly had his prepackaged order from the meat department stashed away. He paid for a few other items at the checkout lane, then returned for the packaged meat. He placed that in his cart and away he went outside before being detained.
River Falls police learned that the arrested man was also on court-ordered probation. His father-in-law came right away to Family Fresh to pay restitution.
The man got a $177 citation and a six-month no-trespassing notice from Family Fresh.
This incident took place Monday afternoon, Dec. 10.
Police are also:
--Referring a vandalism incident in the 200 block of East Charlotte Street from Sunday, Dec. 9, to the Pierce County district attorney. The suspect, a 60-year-old local man, allegedly smashed a bike on the windshield of a car belonging to a 22-year-old UWRF male student. The windshield was cracked. The man was said to be upset that college students on his street were posing snowmen in pornographic positions.
--Investigating a theft of BP Amoco, 700 N. Main St., last Tuesday, Dec. 11, just before 11:30 p.m. The 18-year-old male clerk working there said he was tricked by a customer who paid for a 99-cent water bottle with a $50 bill. The man kept asking that his change for this purchase be reduced to smaller and smaller bills. He also tossed a few larger bills into the change pile on the counter, confusing the clerk. As the man walked out with a friend who had bought a lottery ticket and some beef sticks, he said to the clerk: "Thank you and have a Merry Christmas."
Soon after as the clerk closed the store and checked his till, he discovered that he was $150 short. He told police he was victimized by a "quick-change scheme."
The suspects were black, one was "older."
Police are reviewing store surveillance video to help identify the suspects.
For more, please see Police Beat in the Dec. 20 print edition of the River Falls Journal.
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