Waco man gets 50-year sentence for stealing ribs

[Keith B]

Man, don't mess with a Texan's BBQ!

Forty-three-year-old Willie Smith Ward was convicted and sentenced on robbery charges Wednesday. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that Ward's theft of the $35 rack of pork ribs turned into a robbery after he threatened a grocery store employee who tried to stop him in 2011.

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[texanjoker]

guess he won't have to worry about finding food anymore..in all seriousness the fool that killed an APD officer last year was shoplifting so they can turn deadly.

[JALLEN]

He would not have been doing this here in CA as the third strike would have put him away for a loooooong time, unless of course he was released due to overcrowding.

[suthdj]

He would not have been doing this here in CA as the third strike would have put him away for a loooooong time, unless of course he was released due to overcrowding.

Thought you was in Tx now.

[Crossfire]

50 years for PORK RIBS? Now, I could see that if it was BEEF ribs.

After all, this is TEXAS!

[seamusTX]

Shoplifting meat is an organized wholesale crime. "Managers" get bums (drug addicts, mostly) to shoplift meat, which middle-men then sell to restaurants. Usually the thieves stuff the meat in their pants. They have been caught with 20 pounds of meat stashed here and there.

Think about that when you're munching on your kung pao chicken. Yum.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nat ... ants_n.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

P.S.: Somewhere buried in the penal code, it's a felony to steal livestock or any part thereof. That pretty much makes it a felony to steal a wool sweater on a third offense.

Here you go. It's a rather convoluted part of the penal code:
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/D ... /PE.31.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim

[DEB]

Man, don't mess with a Texan's BBQ!

Forty-three-year-old Willie Smith Ward was convicted and sentenced on robbery charges Wednesday. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that Ward's theft of the $35 rack of pork ribs turned into a robbery after he threatened a grocery store employee who tried to stop him in 2011.

Read more: http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/22457613/ ... z2UnkfMl4k" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Stealin' a Texan's meat? Aught to be a Capital Crime...This perp won't even get any love in the Pen, I am thinking. He will probably have to be put in PC for his own protection.

[johncanfield]

Apparently Ward didn't get the message:

"The jury recommended Ward be sentenced as a habitual criminal. Ward has previous felony convictions for burglary, attempted robbery, aggravated assault, leaving the scene of an accident and possession of cocaine, and four misdemeanor convictions, including two thefts."


Ribs.. Mmmmmm

[E10]

Somewhere buried in the penal code, it's a felony to steal livestock or any part thereof.

Y'all know what they used to do to rustlers.

[sunny beach]

Some guy stole brisket off the pit in Pearland. http://www.khou.com/news/local/Meat-thi ... 72371.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;