Police: Ga man Joseph Stringer concealed chicken in his pants
ROME, Ga. - Authorities say a north Georgia man was arrested after police say he stuffed a rotisserie chicken, chicken wings, a mouth guard and two toothbrushes down the front of his pants and walked out of a Walmart without paying for the items.
Police say the man left the store through its Garden Center with the items in his pants on Tuesday afteoon.
Floyd County Jail and Rome police reports state that 27-year-old Joseph Lee Stringer of Kingston was charged with shoplifting. The records say he was released on a $1,350 bond.
Stringer could not be reached by phone Wednesday, and it was not known whether he has an attoey.
Rome is about 70 miles northwest of Atlanta.
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