Woman Arrested for Placing Coin in Meat at Meatpacker
The Second Squad reports the details of an arrest for an incident that
occurred on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 10:05 pm in Hicksville.
According to detectives, a thorough investigation by police determined that
Karen Palacios Gutierrez, 38, of 600 Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, while working as a
meatpacker for The Ava Companies, 383 W John Street, removed a money coin from
her pocket and placed it into a meat package that was set to go out for retail
consumption. The bin of meat products that were set to be distributed for retail
consumption were discarded, causing a loss of $400.00 dollars US currency.
On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 4:24 pm police responded to The Ava food
packing company and placed the Defendant Karen Palacios Gutierrez under arrest
without further incident.
Defendant Gutierrez is charged with Criminal Mischief 3 rd Degree, Tampering with
Consumer Product 2 nd Degree and Criminal Nuisance 2 nd Degree. She will be
arraigned on Saturday, August 27, 2022 2022 at First District Court, Hempstead.