
“This is not your average investigation,” Newman said. It appears packages of meat were thrown out of a moving vehicle about every 200 feet. Red Oak Hill resident Jude David picked up a whole frozen chicken near her house and disposed of it. “I was horrified by the amount of meat that was just discarded all over the place. We’re not talking a small package. There was a lot of product,” she said. While most of the meat was still in its packaging, Newman said the labels were ripped off, which made it difficult to identify the source. However, police got lucky with one piece of meat.
“We found a package where they forgot to pull the label off and because of that we have some leads,” Newman said. The label indicated that the meat came from a local store, but Newman declined to identify the market as police continue their probe. At this point, police haven’t pinpointed a motive for the strange meat display. “We’re still investigating what the motive would be in doing this,” Newman said. Investigators don’t believe the meat was thrown out to attract wildlife, he said.
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They’re also not sure if the meat’s sell-by dates were expired, but Newman said he doesn’t believe that played a role in the meat-dumping. If the person responsible is found, police plan to pursue misdemeanor illegal dumping charges. “This is an unusual circumstance, but we’re certainly going to investigate it so we can prevent it from happening in the future,” Newman said. Highway Supervisor Dave Reinhold said workers cleaned up the meat on Monday and threw it away. Anyone with information is asked to call the Epping Police Department.
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Hungry poor people would probably have appreciated it. What a waste.
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