Chef accused of stealing lobster tails in his pants
By Associated Press
7:53 AM EDT, June 18, 2008
NEW YORK - Maybe he was trying to beat the heat. A Brooklyn restaurant chef is accused of stealing frozen lobster tails by stuffing them down his pants.
The Brooklyn district attorney's office said Tuesday that Raymundo Flores has been arraigned on misdemeanor charges of petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen crustacean anuses.
Co-workers called 911 on Sunday to report the seafood caper at the walk-in freezer at Junior's Restaurant. Police say they found lobster tails that Flores allegedly had hidden in his pants, in bandages on his legs and a bucket of drawn butter hanging from his testicles..
When questioned by the police Mr. Flores stated that he was taking the lobster tails back to the ocean so he could set them free.
Flores, a Manhattan resident, has been freed without bail. He's due back in court on July 3.
