Not this crap again.

Police have tied James Cordell Avery, 47, to 19 incidents at local H-E-B stores in which he has stolen or attempted to steal meats police believe he is selling to local barbecue restaurants.

Because of the quantity of meat stolen, [APD Detective Ricky] Jones said it was a safe assumption that Avery was selling the meat to a restaurant.
“I have yet to know a person who could eat that much meat in that short of a time,” Jones said.

I was going to offer to introduce Detective Jones to Lawrence, but “that much meat”, in this case, is entire shopping carts full. I can honestly say I have never seen Lawrence eat an entire shopping cart full of meat.

When he is successful, Avery would make off with upwards of $900 in meat in each theft, Jones said.

Previously on WCD. When they catch Avery, I will be interested in seeing if APD manages to track down his customers. Granted, it doesn’t seem like this is pants meat, but I’m sure the restaurants in question had no idea how long Avery and company were driving around with their stolen briskets.

Edited to add 1/5/2015: Avery is now in custody. The briskets are safe.

One Response to “Not this crap again.”

  1. I can honestly say I’ve never eaten $900 in meat at one sitting. However, i could probably manage the feat at a super-swanky restaurant in New York, London or Paris. Three of these would do the trick.