Men arrested twice after theft of shopping cart full of meat

Steaks and other beef products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in McLean, Va. Jan. 18, 2010. (AP / J. Scott Applewhite)

A pair of Toronto men were arrested twice in one night after a shopping cart full of meat was stolen from an Oshawa grocery store.

Durham Regional Police said the men were initially arrested after a Monday evening theft from a Real Canadian Superstore on Gibb Street.

Police were called to the scene at approximately 8:20 p.m., when it was reported that two men had filled a shopping cart with meat and fled the store.

An employee followed them, and one of the suspects abandoned the meat, police said. The second suspect took off on foot. Both were arrested a short time later.

The meat was recovered, and its value was estimated at $1,800. Inside the U-Haul truck where one of the suspects was found, officers said they discovered $224 worth of merchandise reported stolen from a Lowes store and $3,311 in products stolen from a Walmart store.

Both men were charged with theft before being released, on the condition that they would not associate with each other.

Just hours later, shortly after 1 a.m., the men were found walking together near Bond Street West and Park Road North in Oshawa. Both were arrested again and held for bail hearings.

Giuseppe Musico, 52, and Mark Noseworthy, 47, have been charged with three counts of theft under $5,000. Both men have also been charged with three counts of possession of property obtained by crime, breach of probation and breach of Officer In Charge undertaking.

Musico was also charged with driving under suspension.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with new information is asked to contact police at 1-888-579-1520, ext. 5100, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).