Somewhere in Philadelphia, someone has a whole lot of frozen beef and a freezer problem. How much beef vanished this morning depends on who you ask. The Philadelphia Inquirer and FOX 29 report that thieves cut the lock on a trailer parked on Devereaux Avenue around 4 a.m. Thursday and hauled off five pallets of frozen beef, a load worth about $10,000. The driver was asleep in his cab. He woke up and recorded the thieves on his phone, the Inquirer reported.
6abc’s account differs slightly, stating only four pallets, with police responding to Milnor Street in Tacony just after 5 a.m. The driver told the station there was nothing he could do.
Either way, Philly’s thieves are clearly after bulk food. Tuesday it was about 3,000 pounds of crab legs, 6abc reported. On Oct. 6, four pallets of ground beef worth about $40,000, according to the Inquirer. On Sept. 22, Black Angus beef ribs, FreightWaves reported. It seems like surf and turf is on the menu, one heist at a time…