WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (WPRI) — Two women are facing charges after allegedly stealing expensive meats from a Massachusetts grocery store and fighting with the staff who confronted them.
Officers responded to the Market Basket on West Center Street after West Bridgewater police received multiple 911 calls reporting a disturbance at the store on Sunday.
Police said an employee watched two women conceal high priced items including lobster meat, prime ribeye steaks and truffle butter in a bag.
When approached about not paying for the products at checkout, police said the shoppers became argumentative, screaming obscenities and assaulted two employees.
The women, later identified as 37-year-old Olivia Byrd and 28-year-old Rahjane Byrd, were taken into custody on the following charges: •

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