CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) - An alert grocery store manager in Carlsbad thwarted a big meat heist last week.
An Albertson's manager said a man attempted to leave the store Dec. 13 with a shopping cart full of choice beef including five 10-pound chubs of meat, two rib-eye roasts, six packages of pork ribs, four sirloin steaks and five packages of chicken breasts.
A police complaint said the total value of the items came to $501.05.
As the female manager attempted to stop the man, he became startled, fled and left the cart and meat behind.
Police reviewed surveillance video from the store and saw a man placing items into a cart.
They later arrested 43-year-old Manuel Cabazuela, described as being a transient.
Cabazuela entered no plea to charges of shoplifting more than $500 but less than $2,500.
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Information from: Carlsbad Current-Argus,
http://www.currentargus.com/
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