Gastonia N.C. Dec. 29, 2007 A 74-year-old Gastonia man was taken to jail after admitting to stealing a steak from a grocery store.
Joe Neal said he didn’t have enough money to pay for a steak he took from the Food Lion on West Garrison Street.
“It ain’t right to pick up something like that I know that, I done wrong,” he said.
Neal intended to make a birthday dinner for his son.
He says he had every intention of paying for the $3 steak, but when he went back inside the store, the produce manager insisted on calling the police.
No one inside the store was allowed to comment about the incident, but a spokeswoman at the corporate office told local news that Food Lion has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to shoplifters.
Joe Neal said he didn’t have enough money to pay for a steak he took from the Food Lion on West Garrison Street.
“It ain’t right to pick up something like that I know that, I done wrong,” he said.
Neal intended to make a birthday dinner for his son.
He says he had every intention of paying for the $3 steak, but when he went back inside the store, the produce manager insisted on calling the police.
No one inside the store was allowed to comment about the incident, but a spokeswoman at the corporate office told local news that Food Lion has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to shoplifters.
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