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Customer suspected of stealing meat dies in fight with employee at grocery store
WFTV ^ | June 25, 2020

Posted on 06/25/2020 3:28:30 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

ANTIOCH, Calif. — A customer suspected of stealing meat from a supermarket butcher Wednesday died following a fight with a store employee, police said.

A 56-year-old employee caught a 34-year-old customer behind the butcher area at the Lucky Supermarket around 10 p.m., KTVU reported.

The customer then attacked the employee. During the fight the customer stopped breathing. Medical technicians arrived and were unable to revive him.

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KEYWORDS: california; meat; shoplifter; theft; thief
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To: 2banana

“Old man strength”
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Underestimate it at your own peril.

On the north side of 60 here. Got a call from a soil dump site that our spoil pile was blocking drainage from catch basins. Met up with a worker 23 years my junior to give me a hand. I surprised him by being able to flip up a 100# basin grate with one arm.

Old farts know how to lift things. Also know when not to. :)


61 posted on 06/25/2020 4:51:02 PM PDT by EMI_Guy ("You have to slow down to go fast." - Kenny Roberts)
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To: Veggie Todd

Defund butchers. /sarc


62 posted on 06/25/2020 4:58:37 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Fire Fauci)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They’ll probably torch the butcher shop.

No Justice, no Meat.

Sorry.


63 posted on 06/25/2020 4:59:53 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

In order to qualify as a Customer one would actually need to buy something, not steal. I know with the media this is a distinction which mystifies them.


64 posted on 06/25/2020 5:07:29 PM PDT by Lockbox
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To: Fightin Whitey
I kid you not

I wonder where you picked up that phrase.

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I think I picked it up in the Army in the '70's, can't remember exactly, didn't work in the oil patch, it's an interesting colloquialism though.

65 posted on 06/25/2020 5:36:37 PM PDT by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: Brilliant

“ During the fight the customer stopped breathing.“

Maybe the surprise of getting caught with the meat in his hands was just too much.

rwood


66 posted on 06/25/2020 5:39:07 PM PDT by Redwood71
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To: pnut22
During the fight the customer stopped breathing.

I can't breathe.


67 posted on 06/25/2020 5:44:20 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: Eagles6

No “free” meat...no peace.


68 posted on 06/25/2020 5:45:58 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: Gamecock

Instead of burning down the store...just steal the meat and light the store for a great BBQ.


69 posted on 06/25/2020 5:49:11 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: NImerc

Many people are strange.


70 posted on 06/25/2020 5:51:00 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: NImerc

Many people are strange.


71 posted on 06/25/2020 5:51:03 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: NImerc

Many people are strange.


72 posted on 06/25/2020 5:51:06 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: rfp1234

Exactly......


73 posted on 06/25/2020 5:58:07 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

A fifth grader could have reported this better.

Sheesh, not a customer but a thief and so what if he died?

Don’t make it sound like the employee killed him unless you’re sure he did.


74 posted on 06/25/2020 5:59:47 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: fhayek

And the sub-headline could be "The Beef Thief Has Come To Grief".

75 posted on 06/25/2020 6:07:18 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: ping jockey

Those cases of milk are heavy. Its weight training with pay. (Personally never worked in a grocery but did sling the full milk cans in and of the cooler.About 100 lbs each.Actually easier than 100lb sacks of feed.)


77 posted on 06/25/2020 7:19:11 PM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: coaster123

Having seen brats and others take time out of their live to lick ice cream and put it back among other such things it’s a distinct possibility, and not insulting.

Again, you can steal food without going behind the counter because the6 do put cuts on display anyplace I’m familiar with. And whatever he was doing getting caught doing it led him to attack the employee ... so he was up to no good.


78 posted on 06/25/2020 8:27:54 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Pollster1

I’d give my right arm to know how the story ends.


79 posted on 06/25/2020 8:36:38 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Brilliant

Lol!


80 posted on 06/25/2020 10:06:43 PM PDT by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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