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An Illinois school worker has learned her fate after allegedly stealing $1.5M in chicken wings during COVID restrictions.
With COVID-19 locking the world we saw a rise in various interesting crimes. One Illinois food service director was arrested during the COVID-19 pandemic for allegedly stealing $1.5M worth of chicken wings. The food was meant for kids at home who received meals at their house during the coronavirus pandemic. Allegedly 68-year-old Vera Liddell ordered over 11,000 cases of wings then picked them up in the company van and kept them.
The thefts reportedly happened from July 2020 until February 2022 until another worker noticed bone-in chicken wings had been ordered. Bone-in wings usually aren’t served to children in the Harvey School District 152 so this sounded the alarm. Reportedly feeding small children chicken with bones is usually avoided in most schools.
According to Fox News, Liddell will serve nine years in prison after pleading guilty to the theft. If that punishment seems harsh it’s because Liddell was charged with theft and operating a criminal enterprise. While the crime was non-violent the operation of how the theft occurred changes everything and comes with a harsher penalty all over chicken wings.
Hopefully, Liddell can get her sentence reduced somehow but it’s not looking good.
