Man stuck syringe in meat, police say
Published: Thu, May. 04, 2006 12:30AM
Modified Thu, May. 04, 2006 02:52AM
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closeRALEIGH -- Raleigh police are consulting with federal authorities after they charged a 25-year-old man with using what appeared to be a medical syringe to pierce a package of corned beef in a West Raleigh grocery store.
Charone LaDame Josey of 3802-G1 Lexington Court has been charged with one count of damage to personal property, court records show.
The incident occurred April 23 at Food Lion on 3415 Avent Ferry Road, Raleigh police spokesman Jim Sughrue said Wednesday.
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Sughrue said a store employee watched Josey while he was in the meat department. "The employee said it appeared he had at least one syringe, and he pierced a package with it," he said.
Josey fled the store before police arrived, Sughrue said. Police do not know what, if anything, was injected into the meat. They turned the package over to officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for testing.
Josey could face federal charges of tampering with a consumer product. He is in the Wake County jail in lieu of $10,000 bail, court records show.
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