Man stuffs $400 worth of meat in clothes, bites GA store employee in getaway attempt, deputies say

BIBB COUNTY, Ga. — A Warner Robins man is under arrest after deputies said he bit a store employee who tried to stop him from stealing meat from a grocery store.

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office posted a picture of the man being arrested on their Facebook page, saying the man went into the grocery store, stole about $400 worth of meat and tried hiding all of it by stuffing the food in his clothes.

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As the man was leaving the store, an employee tried stopping him and that was when deputies said the thief bit the employee.

The employee was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Investigators said the thief, who they have not identified, was also wanted on several warrants out of a neighboring county.

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