Suspect Behavior
Pork chops smothered in underwear
A man shopping at the Monroe Street Kroger removed “six packs of meat” from the cooler and, instead of placing them in his cart, “concealed all six packs down his pants,” police say. The suspect was stopped—the unusually large bulge in his pants gave him away—as he tried to exit the store with more than $50 of meat in his britches. Later that day, in a Kroger across town, a different man pulled a similar stunt, this time placing “three packages of pork chops” in his pants. He too was caught in the act, and both men were charged with theft.
Blow hole
Officers attempting to serve an arrest warrant became suspicious when a knock at the door went unanswered, despite an obvious commotion inside the apartment. Police entered the unlocked residence and found four people “piled into one bedroom.” After marijuana and a pistol were discovered in plain view, a suspect blurted out that one of her co-defendants had “concealed drugs in her vagina to avoid detection,” police say. The 19-year-old woman admitted as much and “was allowed to privately remove the contraband and then turn it over.” The woman’s private stash amounted to about 2 grams of cocaine, and she was arrested on a felony drug charge.
That’s how the fortune cookie crumbles
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A 20-year-old woman ended a long night of drinking with a stop at the China Star all-you-can-eat buffet on Gallatin Pike, where she gorged herself on fried rice and egg rolls, then attempted to beat feet without paying. “The manager stated that the defendant ate the buffet and drank sweet tea and her bill was $14 and some cents,” which she was unable to cover, police say. “She was offered ample opportunity to get someone to bring her money but could not find anyone,” according to one officer called to the scene. The suspect appeared extremely intoxicated and admitted she had taken painkillers and drank at least four alcoholic beverages earlier in the evening. Police arrested the woman and charged her with theft and public intoxication, noting, “She is only 20 years old and should not have been drinking anyways.”
Short end of the blunt
Police pulled over an erratic driver at the corner of Berry Street and Lischey Avenue and, upon approaching the red Oldsmobile, noticed the male passenger acting suspiciously and “making furtive movements with his hands.” When the passenger rolled down his window, “the smell of marijuana was immediately apparent,” but there were no drugs in sight. That’s when the officer “observed in the defendant’s lap and around his mouth a green plant material.” The perp apparently swallowed the blunt he and his buddy had been smoking when he saw the flashing lights. The man admitted to eating the drugs, and was booked for tampering with evidence after refusing medical treatment.
All items in Suspect Behavior are taken from actual Metro police arrest reports and affidavits.