Meat theft at a Publix leads to police chase into restaurant, Broward cops say

A meat theft at a Coral Springs Publix led to a police chase, a damaged cash register at a nearby Sonic restaurant and an arrest, police say.

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Thomas Dinapoli, 55, was charged with multiple crimes, including criminal mischief, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest, according to Coral Springs police. Around 10:25 a.m. on Thursday, June 18, workers at the Publix at 6270 W. Sample Rd. reported that a man walked out of the store with approximately $358 worth of meat, police wrote in Dinapoli’s arrest report.

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Officers confronted the man, who fled to Sonic and damaged a cash register in his attempt to evade capture, the report stated. He was captured shortly afterward in an employees-only area of the restaurant.

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