Police: Man caught red-handed pinching 91 lobsters

Philly.com ^ | Feb. 24, 2009 | Peter Mucha

[Daffynition]

No doubt the casino was steamed.

Ninety-one lobsters had somehow walked out of the kitchen at Bally's Atlantic City on Thursday.

Apparently they left inside a backpack and tucked inside a man's clothes, according to reports.

Good thing for him those lobsters were frozen.

Nobody stuffs live lobsters inside a jacket or pants.

The alleged perp aroused suspicion for a few reasons.

First, the overly bulky clothing.

Second, he was walking very slowly, police told the Atlantic City Press.

Third, kitchens are off-limits to the public, so an officer watching surveillance cameras noticed.

Soon the suspect found himself trapped, along with the young lobsters, and, as security guards tailing him muscled in to make the pinch, the man knew he was in hot water.

They'd quickly cracked the case.

"The lobsters were all recovered," said Sgt. Monica McMenamin, police spokeswoman.

Charged with theft and trespassing was Anthony Jones, 38, of Atlantic Avenue. Bail was set at $10,000.

The lobsters were worth an about $1,200, and that's a lot of clams.

No word if Jones tried to butter up the judge.

Bally's, by the way, is near the ocean, not the old bay.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Just taking one for the team. One lobster, that is....

[Daffynition]

You deserve Bubba!

The heaviest American Lobster caught weighed over 44 lbs

[Lady Jag]

Lobsters are so, er, smart, they are thrilled that we love them!

[bootless]

I have a haddock.

[Old Sarge]

He'll be singing a different tuna then.

"Salmon-chanted Evening, no doubt - listen to the bass player.

[maine-iac7]

Ahhh - mmm - and?

There’s a ‘law of the sea’ up here regarding poaching other fisherman’s catch/pots...and it usually ain’t pretty.

ARe you leaving something out? ;o)

[Libloather]

Man arrested for lobster scam
January 19, 2009 at 10:13 am
by Steve Barnes, senior writer

An Amsterdam man returned an $11 lobster to a Price Chopper store, claiming it was bad, and was being allowed to exchange it for a $27 bag of crab legs when store managers discovered he had eaten the lobster and pieced the shell back together, according to a report by my colleague Bob Gardinier. He fled when confronted, and when authorities caught up with him at home, he had already eaten the crab legs.

http://blogs.timesunion.com/tablehopping/4090/man-arrested-for-lobster-scam

[Redcitizen]

This guy is in hot water.

[Lady Jag]

I have a halibut.

Named Eric.

Chose him out of frozens.

Didn't like the other fish
because they were all too flat.

[Redcitizen]

Whose your crawdaddy? =)

[Roscoe Karns]

LOL

[Charles Martel]

I have a haddock.

The haddock hits me with a sucker punch
I catch him with a left hook
He eels over
It was a fluke but there he was
Lying on the deck, flat as a mackerel
Kelpless

[70times7]

That’s a half baked theory.

[Alamo-Girl]

LOL!

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

It's a great story ...mass55th referenced it up-thread. ;-D

[Arrowhead1952]

The alleged perp aroused suspicion for a few reasons.

Is that a lobster in your pocket or are you just hot to trot?

[paulycy]

I have a haddock.

If I had a haddock
I'd haddock in the morning
I'd haddock in the evening
All over this land...

[JoeProBono]

YO! Got butter?

[Daffynition]