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Lobster Tail Heist Ends Badly for Cook at Junior’s

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The Post has it that a prep cook at Junior’s restaurant in Brooklyn is in hot water after a co-worker spotted him stuffing 15 lobster tails down his pants and into bandages around his legs. In recent weeks, Junior’s staff had noticed that the restaurant’s supply of lobster tails had inexplicably dipped. So when 40-year-old Raymundo Flores was observed in a walk-in freezer bulking up his trousers with crustaceans, coworkers called 911.

Police charged Flores with petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. And because these weren’t live lobsters in his pants, he’ll have a hard time convincing authorities that he was just trying to liberate the animals in the spirit of sodden animal rights activist Edward Furlong. Flores can also kiss his job goodbye; Junior’s terminated him immediately. It’s not clear whether the lobster tails ever made it to the dining room.

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By John Del Signore in on June 17, 2008 10:15 AM

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  • nik13

    He's in hot water too? Isn't that how lobsters usually meet their demise?



    #11- a hearty LOL

  • Spirit of 76

    Silly man. Don't stuff food down your pants. That's what cargo pants are for. And most of them are so baggy that they'd never notice a few lobster tails in your pockets.

  • veeelchop

    who goes to junior's and orders lobster?



    i remember the food being crappy but the napkins were cloth.





  • sonyactivision

    Will they ever learn? You always keep your cooks away from the fresh ingredients.

  • Stuffed 'em in his pants, did he? Here's hoping he didn't give the lobsters crabs.

  • Anna_Merkin

    JMH, yes. They are the same sort of people who go for Red Lobster or Olive Garden as a big night on the town.

  • thefacts

    #7

    You ain't been there at midnight on a Saturday, bro!



    Bling and lobster go well.

  • amsci

    Rocknrope:



    Thanks for taking one for the team.

  • JMH

    Are there actually people out there who go to Junior's and order lobster?

  • not worth it.

  • Peter

    I hope they didn't make it to the dining room, considering where they'd been.

  • Rocknrope

    Ok, I'll say it...



    Looks like the lobster thief got pinched.

  • PBRK

    hmmm- I guess you can go with petty or petit. Although I would think pants full of lobster tails would be more than a petit sum.

  • PBRK

    Petit larceny is a new show on Fox this summer.

  • nomnomnom

    Is that a lobster tail in your pants or are you just happy to see me.

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