Pickle dunk causes commotion inside South Jersey convenience store
GLASSBORO, N.J. - A local convenience store was put in quite the pickle thanks to a gentleman police say has since contacted them to take accountability for his actions.
Police in Gloucester County had been looking for a pickle-brained prankster who was caught on camera committing a bizarre crime.
It may not have been a big "dill," but police say what happened at the Heritage's store two weeks ago was in fact a crime.
The man was seen on camera bobbing for pickles straight from the barrel.
"It is kind of a weird thing" said Zach Sinone,
He came face to face with the pickle perpetrator while working at the deli on February 25.
"All of a sudden, I hear a splash, I look over, and he was soaked," Sinone said. "He’s walking out the door and there’s pickle juice all over the floor."
The store was forced to remove the entire bin for sale, and replace it with a new one for a total of $52.
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Sinone called his manager and Glassboro Police, who took to Facebook to ask the public for help identifying the man.
"Sometimes there are no appropriate words for the actions one takes. This gentleman decided to walk into Heritage's and dunk his head in the large bin of pickles, which caused the store to have to remove them for sale. We are withholding the video since he was apparently videoing the incident himself with his cell phone, probably for "likes", and we do not want to give him more attention than he deserves," the Glassboro Police Department said.
If the briny bandit wanted to go viral, well he's going to "relish" this.
A video provided to FOX 29 shows the prankster in action, dunking his head straight into the pickle barrel.
"Why would somebody do some dumb s--- like that..I don’t understand why they do dumb s--- like that.. the pickle jar?" one customer asked.
"They had a picture of the guy. They had a great photograph of the guy. He’s going to be easy to spot, somebody is going to turn him in" said Raymond Kennedy.
However, now that the "pickle monster" has gone public, some wonder if he bit off a little bit more than he can chew.
"There is a time and a place for childish stuff like that. Not in a public place like that, you can’t be doing stuff like that. It’s people’s jobs," Sinone said.
On Wednesday, Glassboro police posted a new update on social media.
"We certainly relish the community's help in bringing attention to the pickle we were in yesterday when trying to identify the young man involved in the incident at the Heritage's store in town. We are happy to report that he personally called and took accountability for his actions. Going forward, we would be dillighted if other incidents, especially those of a more serious nature, get the same exposure. We sometimes have to rely on you, our community, to assist us in making progress in our cases and bringing justice to the victims involved; the partnership we have made over the years is like none other and we look forward to continuing to work together," they wrote.