Less than 24 hours after a man was reported as wanted for his role in stealing chicken breasts worth thousands of dollars, he turned himself in, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office said. .
Jeremy McFadden, 37, turned himself in to deputies at the sheriff’s office on Friday, according to a news release.
McFadden was wanted for his role in a grand theft of $40,000 of boneless chicken breast from the Pilgrim’s Pride meat processing plant, the sheriff’s office said. This is the former Gold Kist facility in the 2000 block of US 15, about 2.5 miles from the intersection with US 521.
The theft took place on May 9, according to the statement.
McFadden was taken to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center where he is being held pending a bail hearing, the sheriff’s office said.
No information on how all that chicken was stolen was available, and it was unclear if McFadden acted alone or if more arrests were expected.
Despite McFadden’s arrest, the sheriff’s office said an investigation into the chicken breast theft was ongoing.