Hungry for canned octopus, shoplifter bites security officer
Buffalo NY November 22 2018
A man hungry for the taste of canned octopus bit a security officer instead after he attempted to steal 10 cans of octopus.
The security officer attempted to stop the shoplifter at the Tops Markets on Niagara Street when the octopus thief put up a fight and resisted the security officer according to a police report.
Caesar Saez, 34, was arrested at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday after the victim told police she tried stopping Saez, who tried leaving the store without paying for the food, according to the report.
Saez – who does not have a permanent address, according to the police report – bit the security officer in the chest, she told police.
Saez has been charged with third-degree assault, petit larceny and second-degree harassment.
There was no word on a bond for Saez or whether or not the security officer sought medical treatment.