SOMERSET, Pa. — Two West Virginia cousins are in the Somerset County Prison awaiting a hearing on charges they were caught with a car full of stolen beef jerky Wednesday evening.
Chief Randy Cox said the men were pulled over in the 100 block of Plank Road in Somerset because their license plate appeared to be falling off. That is when an officer noticed the jerky. Police say in an affidavit they saw "a large amount of boxed and packaged beef jerky" and socket sets on the car's rear seat.
Police told Miele the men planned to sell the stolen jerky to finance a trip from West Virginia through Somerset to New Stanton, where one of the suspect’s relatives was having car trouble.
Police said the men acknowledged stealing the items from auto parts stores and gas stations. Detectives are now trying to track down gas stations missing hundreds of dollars worth of jerky and even the display accessories, including giant mugs filled with packaged jerky and Slim Jims.
Michael Allen Graham, 37, and John Edward Barry, 35, both of Milton, W.Va., are charged with receiving stolen property. Their bond is set at $20,000.
As soon as you read the first sentence you know two things. 1) This did not take place in a civilized state. 2) Macho Man Randy Savage had to be involved in some way.
I would love to have been a fly on the wall throughout this process. Listening to these two men argue over the best way to come up with the money. Rob a bank? no.....Break into a house?....nope.....These guys somehow agree that stealing beef jerkey of all things would be the most profitable crime they could commit. Then to see them act it out would have been equally priceless. I hope these guys learn from their mistake and step their game up. I also hope Macho Man has a good alibi because with The Rock back in the WWF, we might just start seeing more of the legends making their way back to the ring
