A Gainesville man walked out of Walmart on Thursday night with three packages of pork chops in his pants, Gainesville Police said.
Kevin David Roberts, 56, and a woman he was with each took three packages of pork chops from the meat department of Walmart, located at 1800 NE 12th Ave., at about 6 p.m., according to an arrest report. The woman hid the pork chops in her purse, and Roberts hid them in his pants, police said.
They walked to the exit with the concealed pork chops, worth $42.31, but were stopped by a Walmart security officer, according to the report. The woman threw the packages on the ground, and both left in a blue Ford Focus, which police pulled over a mile away, according to the report.
Police patted Roberts down and felt a bulge in his pants. An officer asked Roberts what was in his pants, and he said, “meat,” according to the report.
Roberts tried to run from officers but was caught a short distance away and arrested.
Roberts declined to say anything else to police, but the woman admitted to taking the pork chops and then leaving them at the store, police said.
Roberts, who has two prior theft convictions, including a felony, was charged with petty theft and taken to the Alachua County Jail where he remains, as of press time, in lieu of a $10,000 bond. The woman was not charged.
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