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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 06:13 AM
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Man arrested for stealing $625 in lobster & beef tells investigators "times are tough"
Cops: Man tries to steal $625 in lobster, beef
Wisconsin shopper accused of packing cart with prime cuts, fine cuisine



updated 7:45 p.m. PT, Wed., Dec. 31, 2008

Police in Racine, Wis., said 43-year-old Brian A. Rubenstein tried to steal $625 in groceries. The total included $365 in lobster and $213 in ribeye and beef roasts.

Workers told police they saw Rubenstein fill his cart with lobster tails and beef cuts, as well as a smoked ham, apple pie and fruit platter. He was arrested Dec. 23.

Rubenstein was charged Friday with misdemeanor retail theft, which carries a maximum penalty of nine months in prison and a $10,000 fine.

He told investigators times are tough, police said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28456267/
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 10:18 AM
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1. why steal tuna, when you can steal lobster?
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 10:48 AM
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2. Well, if you're gonna steal...
Steal big!
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 10:56 AM
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3. If you're going to do the time anyway, might as well go big.
If he was arrested for stealing bologna, I'd have made fun of him for not going for something bigger. :)
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-01-09 11:20 AM
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4. heh, off the boat lobster is about 2 bucks a pound
that would be about 182lbs of lobster up here. :wow:
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