Homeland Security to find Pepperoni Thiefs

[sox 06]

REDCLIFF, Alta. (CP) - Alberta RCMP are thanking U.S. Homeland Security officials for helping them nab a pair who pilfered a large amount of pepperoni.

Mounties say they got a call Thursday about a break and enter at Premium Sausage in Seven Persons, in southeastern Alberta.

They say that someone had smashed the front door and stolen a "large quantity" of beef jerky, sausage and pepperoni.

They then found a stolen truck with the stolen meat inside, but the culprits had fled on foot.

Later in the day, they arrested two teenagers in a wooded area with the help of an American aircraft with an infrared camera.

They say Medicine Hat police, conservation officers, Rural Crime Watch and concerned citizens all helped track down the teens.

[m16a]

Is the stealing of some pepperoni and beef jerky such a bad thing that they bring in aircraft and infrared heat sensors to find them? Make no mistake, I'm NOT saying the stealing was a good thing or that it was justified.. Couldn't they just use normal means and not something usually used for hunting runaways?

[joelamosobadiah]

Is the stealing of some pepperoni and beef jerky such a bad thing that they bring in aircraft and infrared heat sensors to find them? Make no mistake, I'm NOT saying the stealing was a good thing or that it was justified.. Couldn't they just use normal means and not something usually used for hunting runaways?

How else were they to find them? What they did didn't cause harm to anybody and I am sure it wasn't more expensive than having ground crews looking for days, etc. If they used an aircraft with infrared, it wouldn't take them very long at all probably.

[m16a]

Is the stealing of some pepperoni and beef jerky such a bad thing that they bring in aircraft and infrared heat sensors to find them? Make no mistake, I'm NOT saying the stealing was a good thing or that it was justified.. Couldn't they just use normal means and not something usually used for hunting runaways?

How else were they to find them? What they did didn't cause harm to anybody and I am sure it wasn't more expensive than having ground crews looking for days, etc. If they used an aircraft with infrared, it wouldn't take them very long at all probably.

I guess the time thing was a factor. I guess that was probably the best course to go. Just a little expensive to me.

[joelamosobadiah]

Is the stealing of some pepperoni and beef jerky such a bad thing that they bring in aircraft and infrared heat sensors to find them? Make no mistake, I'm NOT saying the stealing was a good thing or that it was justified.. Couldn't they just use normal means and not something usually used for hunting runaways?

How else were they to find them? What they did didn't cause harm to anybody and I am sure it wasn't more expensive than having ground crews looking for days, etc. If they used an aircraft with infrared, it wouldn't take them very long at all probably.

I guess the time thing was a factor. I guess that was probably the best course to go. Just a little expensive to me.

Yeah, but that's the point. I doubt it was that much more expensive. It's not like they had to buy the helicopter and infrared detector. I mean, they already had the stuff, so why not use it. Better than wondering around in the woods for hours or a day or two.

[beanoX3]

At the risk of sounding a bit jaded, I don't see how the theft of some pepperoni and sausage was such a priority for the police. Maybe it's a Canadian thing, but involving a Homeland Security plane just sounds like gross overkill and a waste of resources. What about a simple K-9 unit?

Now, I might take everything I say back if it comes out that the plane was already loitering out there and some clever Mountie realized that he could radio the plane and tell them to keep an eye out for two idiots crashing through the forest.

[mrblitz]

Sounds like someone had the munchies.

[sox 06]

I agree that the faster they found the guys the better but this just seemed a bit extreme to me.

[sportsaddict]

Maybe the teenagers were trying to break the world's record for largest pizza. Maybe we should be exploring motives before we go all crazy about stuff like this. I blame Canada.