He Stole 16 Tons of Chicken
allen griggs
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SUMTER COUNTY, Ga. - A South Carolina truck driver is in custody after police say he was part of a crime most "fowl" involving a shipment he was supposed to deliver.
According to officials, 55-year-old Christopher Thomas of Florence, South Carolina, was hired by Pilgrim's Pride to deliver around 41,000 pounds of chicken to two locations in Milton, Georgia.
Instead of making his delivery, investigators believe Thomas sold part of the load and was planning on selling more before his arrest.
Following a tip, deputies with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office traveled to where they said Thomas was going to meet with a buyer and performed a traffic stop.
During the stop, deputies searched Thomas' truck and found pallets loaded with cases of frozen chicken that they say were stolen from Pilgrim's Pride.
In total, officials say Thomas sold about 33,000 pounds - the majority of the $80,000 shipment.
Thomas is facing charges of breach of trust with fraudulent intent.
He is currently in custody at the Sumter County Sheriff's Office Detention Center on a $50,000 bond.
Comments
You stole 16 tons, and what do ya get? If ya voted for a Democrat you don't have to fret.
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
Another day older and deeper in JAIL! Or at least he should be.
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
There are so many jokes teed up here that I just don't know where to start! All of them would be in poor taste, of course, but there's a lot of 'em!
I don't think Mr. Thomas thought this through. I drove the big rig for 8 years, so I know how this works.
Delivering a load of chicken he will do a live unload. He would have driven to the terminal there in suburban Atlanta. He would open the trailer doors and back up to the dock. They are going to unload him with a fork lift. The fork lift guy looks into the truck, and there is supposed to be 41,000 pounds of chicken. 41,000 pounds, maybe 43,000 pounds tops, is all the big truck can haul. This trailer was full. But 33,000 pounds of chicken are missing!
Christopher Thomas got a lot of 'splainin to do.
Don't know where all those chickens went but Popeyes Chicken joint is having a buy one, get one free deal going on for Black Fryday Week! 😲
He really Fowled that up...
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
I'm surprised he didn't sell the truck and keep the chicken for a Thomas family reunion. He might have gotten away with that. 😀
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
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He'll sure be sent to the coop for this one.
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
I remember a song about "Sixteen Tons of # 9 Coal"! Who sang that?
Tennessee Earnie
Watermelon
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Did Tennessee Earnie Ford sell 16 tons of stolen chickens too ?..........................................................😀
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
If dude was white it wouldn't have been so stereo type. Man dude's gonna be the joke in the pen.
No comment I could make that would pass the P.C. test so I will just let it go
The guy and his family wanting to profit off of his dumb attempt is stupid imho. but all the comments seem to not be not helping, they just race baiting and I've read enough. Closed! We are a gun group here not a bunch of people feeding the racist lie that all people of a particular color are against other people of a different tint than us. Stop this crap!.