Homeless man smears supermarket produce
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]A Safeway grocery store in Bellevue yesterday recalled all produce it sold on Sunday night after feces were found spread on some vegetables. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]A 23-year-old homeless man was arrested early yesterday as a possible suspect in the incident at the Evergreen Village Safeway Store, 1645 140th Ave. N.E., according to the Bellevue Police Department. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The man was arrested at Bellevue's Highland Park, across the street from the grocery, and was under investigation for malicious mischief and violation of park rules, police said. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]A spokeswoman for Safeway, Cherie Myers, said that at about 10:15 p.m. Sunday, the man told a store employee there was "an odor in the produce department." [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The feces, believed to be human, were then found on some produce and police were called. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Police said the man was arrested because store employees said he had fecal matter on his body and still had the contamination when he was found in the park. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Myers said the produce department was closed after the discovery and the entire store was shut from midnight to 6 a.m. for cleanup. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]All of the produce was discarded, and the department was scrubbed with soap and water and rinsed with bleach water, she said. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Safeway estimated the produce was worth about $35,000. [/font]
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[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]A Safeway grocery store in Bellevue yesterday recalled all produce it sold on Sunday night after feces were found spread on some vegetables. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]A 23-year-old homeless man was arrested early yesterday as a possible suspect in the incident at the Evergreen Village Safeway Store, 1645 140th Ave. N.E., according to the Bellevue Police Department. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The man was arrested at Bellevue's Highland Park, across the street from the grocery, and was under investigation for malicious mischief and violation of park rules, police said. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]A spokeswoman for Safeway, Cherie Myers, said that at about 10:15 p.m. Sunday, the man told a store employee there was "an odor in the produce department." [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The feces, believed to be human, were then found on some produce and police were called. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Police said the man was arrested because store employees said he had fecal matter on his body and still had the contamination when he was found in the park. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Myers said the produce department was closed after the discovery and the entire store was shut from midnight to 6 a.m. for cleanup. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]All of the produce was discarded, and the department was scrubbed with soap and water and rinsed with bleach water, she said. [/font]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Safeway estimated the produce was worth about $35,000. [/font]
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