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Calgary police have laid charges in a brazen theft case that saw an estimated $5,000 worth of meat taken from a local business.
The robbery happened at Pre Pak Meats, a family business in the 4800 block of 32 Street SE, on Monday, June 10.
The robbery was caught on security cameras and shared with CTV News by Mark Leavitt, vice president of operations.
The footage shows a man with a hammer breaking a window to gain access to the business at around 10pm
He has been seen loading a car with stolen goods, returning three different times over a period of two hours.
The car apparently had a driver waiting inside.
Leavitt says about 400 kilograms of meat was stolen, valued at $5,000.
“They probably took four out of five boxes of top sirloin, they took a box of beef trim, a box of chicken thighs and bison,” Leavitt said.
“Depending on where they go to sell that product it could easily sell for seven or eight thousand dollars.”
Pre Pak Meats is a small distributor that sells to local restaurants, golf courses and mom-and-pop butcher shops.
Someone stole $5,000 worth of meat products from Pre Pak Meats on June 10, 2024.“Most of the product that he took is something that we use for further processing, not necessarily that you would necessarily see on a retail shelf at Costco or something like that,” Leavitt said.
“He stole a box of beef trim. You can’t do anything with unground beef trim, he makes ground beef,” he said.
“He stole a bison, which is random, and he seemed to go right for a bison and read the label. The product he took is something you would use for further processing. It’s thigh cuts you’d use to make jerky.”
When workers showed up for work early Tuesday morning, they called the police.
Someone stole $5,000 worth of meat products from Pre Pak Meats on June 10, 2024.On Thursday, police confirmed that Jeffrey McPherson, 43, was charged in connection with the robbery, as well as a breaking and entering at the Four20 Premium Market on 72 Avenue SE.
He is expected to appear in court on June 21.
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