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PD: Stolen chicken leads to drug arrest at Phoenix grocery store

PD: Stolen chicken leads to drug arrest at Phoenix grocery store
Posted at 12:47 PM, Oct 04, 2017
and last updated 2017-10-04 16:13:20-04

A shoplifted chicken led police to a drug arrest in Phoenix.

Phoenix police report that on September 29 they were called to a Food City store near 43rd Avenue and McDowell road.

A loss prevention employee alerted police that a woman, identified as 27-year-old Jamita Denise Conner, left the store with a packaged chicken concealed in her purse.

Police said when they searched the purse they also allegedly found a pipe and methamphetamines. 

Conner was arrested for shoplifting and possession of dangerous drugs.