Crooktail Shrimp
Sunday, October 15th, 2006 • Filed under Theft
Question: If a girl asks you “hey is that a shrimp in your pocket or are you happy to see me,” is that a come-on or an insult?
YORK, Pa. (York Daily Record) — Wednesday afternoon, according to West York Police, Giant Food Store employees watched as a customer slipped three bags of frozen shrimp into his baggy pants.
A few minutes later, as two managers at the West Market Street store struggled in the parking lot with the man they suspected was the thief, police said, two of the bags plopped onto the ground.
Why do thieves try to steal things by hiding them in their pants? Who would want to eat that shrimp? I don’t even like chewing gum that’s been in my pocket.
After the store discovered the shrimp, the man, identified as Kenneth George Bilwin, pulled out a hypodermic syringe from his pocket and threatened to the store managers to give them a flu shot.
The managers shrugged off his threats, wrestled Bilwin to the ground and subdued him until police arrived. The managers were not injured. Bilwin was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, harassment and retail theft. The shrimp was rushed to intensive care.