The meat heist epidemic just got an upgrade. While we were still processing $1,500 worth of stolen ribeye in Louisiana, California decided to raise the stakes with a police helicopter chase (didn’t have that on my 2025 Bingo card).
An Oakland crew’s meat heist across Santa Rosa just got shut down by a police helicopter – and the whole thing was caught on camera.
Four suspects hit three different Safeway stores in one night, stealing thousands of dollars worth of premium beef. But they didn’t count on the Sonoma County Sheriff’s helicopter “Henry-1” tracking their every move from above, as reported by KRON4.
The High-Stakes Beef Run
Daejuan Williard, 21, along with three others – Cherrish Reed, 22, Aniya Reed, 20, and Precious Brewer, 24 – drove from Oakland to wine country Wednesday night for what police are calling organized retail theft, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office…