Meat crime butchered by Vero Beach man

VERO BEACH — There weren’t any vegetarian options in Johnny Mack Blackmon’s pants.

That’s according to an Indian River County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit detailing an alleged whopper of a meat crime.

A loss prevention officer at a Publix in Vero Beach reported Feb. 7 seeing Blackmon, 51, put four packages of meat from the meat department in a shopping cart.

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He walked up aisle No. 16 and stuffed the meat down the front of his pants.

The meat, identified as two packs each of porterhouse steaks and thin slice T-bone steaks, had a total pretax value of $55.06.

These red meat selections, which are high in protein, often are paired with red wine and a starch, such as a baked potato, and a green vegetable, such as roasted Brussels sprouts.

Blackmon extracted the meat from his trousers and put it back in the shopping cart. The affidavit didn’t indicate whether he realized his "misteak."

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Blackmon then is accused of walking along aisle No. 5 and jamming the meat back in his pants.

The affidavit states Blackmon left the store with the load of bovine flesh in his trousers before a loss prevention officer was able to "meat" him.

Deputies questioned, or perhaps grilled, Blackmon, who said he intended to commit the meat crime.

Evidently, he butchered the job because he got caught.

Blackmon, of Vero Beach, was jailed on a retail theft charge and taken to the Indian River County Jail, where it’s unclear what’s on the menu.

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