Parolee Arrested After Stealing Ribs from Grocery Store

Updated July 24, 10:37 a.m.

A 51-year-old Brentwood man was arrested Saturday night after stealing ribs from a grocery store and threatening to shoot an employee, according to media reports.

According to the San Jose Mercury News, the incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. when an employee at the Irvington Safeway, located at 3902 Washington Blvd., confronted Randy Adam Harris for trying to walk out of the store with a few packages of ribs and a bottle of alcohol.

During the confrontation, Harris pretended to have a firearm in his pocket,  threatened to shoot the worker and fled.

According to the Fremont Police Department, an officer spotted the suspect vehicle on Ingersoll Terrace. That’s when Harris jumped out of the car and ran, police said.

Officers set up a perimeter around a set of apartment complexes and eventually located Harris inside a relative's home, where he surrendered to police, the Mercury News reports.

Harris — who had recently served 8 years in prison for an armed robbery — was arrested on suspicion of robbery, resisting arrest and violating parole.

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to contact the Fremont Police Department at 510-790-6800. Anonymous tips may also be left at www.fremontpolice.org/tip or by texting TIP FREMONTPD to 888777 with your message.