Man with hot dogs in pants arrested

[OhioChick]

Posted: 08/17/2010

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. - A man accused of hiding two pounds of hot dogs in his pants before leaving a grocery store sans paying faces a misdemeanor theft charge, according to a recently released arrest affidavit.

A loss prevention worker at a Publix at South U.S. 1 and Prima Vista Boulevard last week told investigators she saw a man later identified as Allan Polhemus on aisle five "conceal a package of hot dogs in his pants," an affidavit states.

The 32 ounce package of Publix jumbo beef franks was valued at $6.99. The wiener packaging describes the dogs as "meaty & delicious" and as having "no fillers."

The loss prevention worker told St. Lucie County Sheriff's deputies she contacted Polhemus, 52, in the parking lot and asked him to come back in the store. She said a manager called 911.

Deputies took Polhemus, of the 6100 block of Birch Drive in Fort Pierce, to jail and took photos of the franks, which often are served in a pre-sliced bun with relish, ketchup and mustard.

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/entertainment/weird_news/man-with-hot-dogs-in-pants-arrested-ews-wptv-ntw-201008171282068528218

:wtf:

Since when has the news reported stories of theft, offering descriptions of the product and the best serving methods? This sounds like a commercial for the product.

[xchrom]

1. Is that a Publix Jumbo in your pants -

Or are ya just happy to see me?

[OhioChick]

4. LMAO

:rofl:

[saigon68]

35. At least it wasn't a Polska Kielbasa

http://www.1001recipes2send.com/Events/4799-Polska_Kielbasa_with_Beer_n_Onions.shtml

[OhioChick]

43. LOL

You guys are too much!

:rofl:

[Bobbie Jo]

15. LOL

Okay....that was funny. :rofl:

[niyad]

18. considering the local nickname for that chain of stores. . .

[Hannah Bell]

2. jean valjean. someone stealing one package of hot dogs is hungry.

nice to see everyone getting their chuckles.

[SammyWinstonJack]

59. Funny eh? If one person is allowed to steal a pack of hot dogs then everyone will steal a pack

of hot dogs... the total breakdown of society. :silly:




Yeah, I agree, the man was hungry and broke most likely. Sad.



I'd have offered to pay.

[marmar]

3. They photographed his weiners?

nt

[izquierdista]

5. It's a good thing he didn't take condoms

...I'm not even going to try describing that....

[pipi_k]

13. Or weiners AND condoms...

Excuse me while I try to rid my mind's eye of the images....

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. This may be the headline I've been waiting for since I joined DU.

[pipi_k]

7. Natural casing or...

(ouch!!!) skinless?


:cry:

[marmar]

9. My guess is uncut dogs.

nt

[pnorman]

8. "Is that a package of hot dogs in your pocker,

or are you really, I mean REALLY, glad to see me?" Pop quiz: Who said that?

[Turbineguy]

17. Mae West.

Sheesh, everybody knows that!

:hi:

[mmonk]

10. I guess I should take mine out.

[bigwillq]

12. whip it out big boy

LOL :rofl:

[pipi_k]

16. Unless it's a kielbasa, we don't wanna see it

:7

[bigwillq]

11. k and r; subject line made me LOL

:rofl:

[DJ13]

14. They never catch me, I only carry cocktail wieners in my pants

:blush:

[Whisp]

34. I just have pie.

:D

[niyad]

19. k and r--because we REALLLLLY need the laughs tonight.

[Jennicut]

20. Now that is a lot of....meat.

[Jackpine Radical]

21. I swear to Christ, If I were a security person and saw someone

stealing hot dogs, I would turn my back on it, assuming he needed the damn things to feed his kids or something. Ifg I were the styore oner, same deal.

I guess I just wouldn't make it in security. Nor in retail, for that matter.

[Luciferous]

23. I wouldn't turn my back on it, but I would buy him the damn hot dogs

instead of turning him in to the police.

[TheMadMonk]

31. As a security person THAT my friend is something that you just do not do.

If you're lucky it will just cost you your job. If the boss is a total arsehole, he can have you charged as an accessory.

Just go on keeping an eye on those rowdy kids over by the magazines.

[happy_liberal]

24. me too- it's not like he's stealing makeup or beer

and geez hot dogs are $7 now!

This 'article' reads like product placement. I think they guy should be paid for doing this advertising for them.

[Hannah Bell]

25. you & the respondent are the only ones who didn't make weiner jokes.

i figure if someone's stealing one pack of weiners they're hungry & desperate too.

[Wednesdays]

29. If he stole two packages, that means he's not hungry?

:shrug:

[Jackpine Radical]

38. Well, everyone else had the wiener jokes pretty well covered,

and I hate jumping on such an obvious bandwagon.

That, and my first thought was about some poor guy stealing food. It makes me want to cry that people are driven to that in today"s America. There just wasn't anything funny about the whole story. Not to me, anyway.

[Roon]

33. The two times I witnessed a shoplifting

in both cases it was food. Both times I ignored it and moved on.

[Obamanaut]

36. And both cases were part of the overall picture which results in higher

prices for the rest of us.

[Jackpine Radical]

37. Oh My God, higher prices!

I'm willing to pay the goddamn higher prices if it feeds someone who needs it.

My wife and I also donate to the food bank and the community table.

[Obamanaut]

47. And imagine, with lower prices perhaps not so many patrons of food banks. nt

[jtuck004]

22. When I was a kid (in the early days when I went to church)

my pastor left the big church (too much political crap, too much about money) and went into business, back in the late 60's as I recall. Bought a Hotsy Hot Dog stand in Texas. One day he noticed one of his employees, mostly Mexicans, handing a big can of pickles out the window. When he asked him about it, the kid confessed that his family was hungry, and they were going to eat the can of pickles that evening. He sent the kid home with dinner for everyone.

A few weeks later he sold the stand, moved back to Oklahoma City, took a low-pay job as the pastor of the run-down little church on Main Street downtown. From there he ran a food program for the rest of his life, visited the sick, intervened in family disputes, especially where women or kids were being beaten (was amazing to see this 5'4" guy get between a drunk and their target, just because he thought he was called to do it).

One of the few people I have ever really admired. And one of my first introductions into how much need there is out there.

I wonder if the guy above was just hungry.

[Control-Z]

26. Sometimes

you just have to giggle!

[Quantess]

27. Stealing food.

Not the most honest thing to do, but, a hungry person has to eat. I hope he gets a relatively light punishment.

[cascadiance]

28. Question - If he'd bought a big kielbasa, could he have it hanging out of his pants...

... and not get arrested? Though some might consider it "indecent exposure" or confuse it with such, would it be?

[NBachers]

30. So did they put the recovered hot dogs back in the display cooler?

[provis99]

32. hey baby, what I've got in my pants is "meaty and delicious"

wanna take a picture, deputy?

[Initech]

39. Why yes officer, those really are hot dogs in my pants.

[Ikonoklast]

40. I don't believe it.

I mean, really, do these people take us for idiots?


Hot dogs with "no fillers"?


What a steaming pantsload.

[Javaman]

41. Were they still frozen?

I don't know about you all, but dropping a frozen pack of franks down his shorts, I don't care how hot it is outside, would take a heroic act of courage.

[slackmaster]

42. Firesign Theatre called this back in about 1980

Shop Lifters!
You're getting away with more food,

Shop Lifters!
You're getting away with value.

Narrator: "You don't have to wait in any checkout lines at Shop Lifters, because there are no checkers. We just follow you to your car, and read you your rights."

Testimonial: "I walked out of Shop Lifters with 60 pounds of ham in my pants, and got off for just $60 and 60 days!"

[sixmile]

49. Love it!

Wash it down with a tall, sweaty bottle of Bear Whiz beer!

[MilesColtrane]

54. Weiners? No thanks.

I will have some Squirrel Squares™ by Roady Ready Flat Snacks though.

[surrealAmerican]

44. Man, that's great journalism!

I'd never seen this type of story from the hot dogs' perspective before.

[JVS]

45. Hot dogs shouldn't cost $3.50/lb

[mikelgb]

46. yeah you almost expect it to read:

Deputies took Polhemus, of the 6100 block of Birch Drive in Fort Pierce, to jail and took photos of the mouth-watering franks, which often are served piping-hot in a pre-sliced bun with Huntz™ relish, Heinz™ 57 ketchup and Frenchs™ yellow mustard.

[4_TN_TITANS]

48. They have to keep publicizing the 'consequences'..

If the store or employee showed any compassion or leniency, the place would be crawling with people who are desparate for food. The thought of jail is the only thing that keeps millions of needy citizens from doing the same.

[amborin]

50. knr

[earth mom]

51. I know everyone thinks this is funny but I'm finding it sad.

Anytime someone steals food, I find it sad and think it says a lot about how screwed up this country is. :(

[Subdivisions]

53. Hi earth mom. Yep, no one takes the chance to steal food unless they

are themselves hungry or their family is hungry.

Please see my post #52.

Good to see you, mom :hi:

[earth mom]

58. Hey there...great minds think alike right?

:hi:

[Subdivisions]

52. Stealing to eat. This person was probably trying to feed his family. I hate that

people are reduced to having to steal to feed themselves. This guy is probably out of unemployment and underwater in his home and is doing what he thinks he must to feed his children.

It's shameful in a country that is supposed to be the Land of Opportunity.

Here is the layout of this incident:



Based on info here:
http://blogs.tcpalm.com/off_the_beat_will_greenlee_blog/2010/08/man-with-hot-dogs-in-pants-arrested-franks-photographed.html

[Liberal_in_LA]

55. lol. It does sound like a commercial.

[rucky]

56. I see a Pulitzer in this reporter's future.

[Akoto]

57. LOL! That Publix is five minutes away from me!

It wasn't me, I swear. :D

[Subdivisions]

60. Perhaps you can take this man some food? He and his are probably hungry.

:hi:

[Akoto]

61. I wish I could, but ...

Seeing as I'm bedridden and disabled with chronic pain, I don't really get far from my own bed, much less to Publix.

[Subdivisions]

62. Well, damn, Akoto. I'm sorry to learn that. I wish you all the best. I know

you would help if you could.