Teenage thief tries to steal 12-lb turkey by shoving it down his pants

A Brooklyn teen was caught on video shoving a 12-pound turkey breast into his baggy sweatpants - and then waddling out of a Bed-Stuy grocery with an irate butcher hot on his trail. "He's got a big turkey in his pants!" Fine Fare Grocery cashier Michelle Benjamin yelled to butcher Sergio Marte, who chased down alleged poultry poacher Deon Williams, 19, outside the Marcus Garvey Boulevard store.

"You have something in your pants!" Marte barked at Williams, who squealed back, "I'll give it to you - don't touch me!" "I don't want to touch you - just give me the turkey!" Marte demanded.



Williams dumped it on the street, and when Marte bent over to pick it up, the teen clocked him in the jaw, the butcher said. "He swung at me, and then he ran," the 42-year-old butcher said, showing off a still-swollen cheek.

The brazen heist was caught on surveillance video, and cops nabbed Williams on Wednesday. As for the turkey, it went right back on the shelf. Marte insisted the $84 worth of Boar's Head Oven Gold "was in good condition."

You can see the CCTV footage here.