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Illinois

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts) Thu Jul 31, 2014, 05:42 PM Jul 2014

Man accused of inserting needles into meat at Belleville grocery store

http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Man-charged-with-inserting-needles-into-meat-at-Belleville-grocery-store-269431541.html

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (KMOV) – A Belleville man has been charged with putting needles into packaged meat at a Shop n’ Save on N. Belt West Road.
Ronald G. Avers, 68, has been charged with seven violations of the Product Packaging Protection Act of 2002, according to a news release.

On July 9, the store reported needles were found seven different times at their location on N. Belt West Road from May 2013 to July 2014.

Shop n’ Save conducted an investigation and reported their findings to the Federal Bureau of Investigation which led to the arrest of Avers.

The news release sites customer complaints including one woman who found a needle while eating.