I Was 'Massaging' Meat, Not Stealing It

Posted: 4:34 pm EST January 8,2010Updated: 9:30 pm EST January 8,2010A South Carolina man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing an $80 slab of meat.

The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reported Thursday that 51-year-old Mark Zachary of Orangeburg received the maximum sentence after jurors found him guilty Wednesday of
shoplifting
.

Prosecutors said the sentence was justified because the Aug. 26 theft from Reid's grocery store in Orangeburg was his ninth offense.Authorities said when a store manager approached Zachary about the missing New York strip and the big bulk under his shirt, he fled, right into the arms of an off-duty police officer. Assistant Solicitor Glenn Justis asked jurors "Where's the beef?" in his opening argument. Zachary testified he was "massaging" the meat, not stealing it.

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