Wednesday evening, the Broome County Sheriff’s Office arrested Patrick J. Murphy, 42 of Endicott and Dave L. Dutcher, 63 of Binghamton for the theft of steaks and meat slicers from the Maine’s Food Source store in the Town of Chenango.
The stolen property was then sold to the owner of Davy’s Good Luck Tavern in Chenango Forks.
The thieves were observed by Maine’s security staff and were captured on store surveillance video committing the thefts.
During the investigation, a search warrant was executed at the Tavern and two meat slicers valued at $380.00 were recovered.
No steaks were recovered.
The investigation is ongoing and more arrests are expected.