Hot Dog Thief Stuffs Pants With Weiners

Shopper put party pack of jumbo hot dogs in his pants without paying

A St. Lucie County man was arrested for putting a two-pound pack of jumbo hot dogs into his pants and then walking out of a Publix grocery store without paying.

A store loss prevention officer spotted Allan Polhemus conceal a 32-ounce package of Publix jumbo beef franks, valued at $6.99, in his pants while walking down aisle five at the store on South U.S. 1.

The wiener packaging describes the dogs as "meaty & delicious" and as having "no fillers," but they seemed to fill the robber's pants well enough to be spotted from the ceiling security cameras.

The officer followed the pants prowler out of the store and to the parking lot. She spoke with Polhemus and asked him to come back into the store and bring his wieners with him.

The store manager called 911 to report the theft, and St. Lucie County deputies arrested the 52-year-old.

No word on whether the jumbo dogs will be kept as evidence or returned to the meat counter.

 

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