Meatball Thief Arrested Red-Handed But Instead It Was on His Face and All Over His Clothes

Source - Police say a damning clue led to the arrest of a Pennsylvania man charged with stealing a pot of meatballs — red sauce smeared on his face and clothes.

Authorities in Luzerne County have charged 48-year-old Leahman Glenn Robert Potter with burglary, criminal trespass and theft by unlawful taking for allegedly swiping a pot of meatballs from a man's garage on Monday.

Police say the victim reported his meatballs missing and told officers at around 2:30 p.m. Monday that he saw Potter standing in front of his house with red sauce on his face and clothes. The pot was found on the street.

It's unclear if Potter washed the sauce off before he was arrested a short time later.



Not a lot to say about this, from the looks of it we have a pretty open and shut case.  The only thing that I gleaned from this little tale is the fact that Leahman Glenn Robert Potter is a very wild name that belongs to a very weird dude who seems like knows a good time when he sees one.  I mean he's a 48 year old man stealing meatballs out of garages on a Monday afternoon so he's definitely doing something right, or he might just be homeless.  Tough to tell, not a lot of descriptive info outside of the whole covered in sauce bit...

But in all fairness, I have to admit that I would have an equally difficult time passing up a delicious treat like that.  In fact, I would absolutely indulge depending on whether or not I could scope it out.  If we're talking about a lightly monitored cooking operation and I have a more significant window of opportunity, I am 100% making a play on those meatballs.  The veteran move would be to walk over with some bread and cheese, get a few meatballs to complete the sandwich, then bounce.  You eat all the evidence and still maintain peak mobility for a dead sprint should you get discovered in the act.  Easy peasy, nothing to it.

And to be clear I am not saying that I've done this before, but it works really great in the spring and summertime, and graduation parties are optimal.  I'm not telling anyone to do anything, it's just a little something to keep in your back pocket for later.  Just in case.