🔴 Police Arrest 3 More in Beef Heist

🔴 Authorities Believe An Organized Ring Involved

🔴 Ongoing Investigation

Get our free mobile app

The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office along with the Philadelphia Police and New Jersey State Police have made another bust in the series of beef heists that have plagued our region.

Police Believe This Is an Organized Ring

Authorities have been working to bust an organized crime ring they believe is responsible for a series of thefts over the past three years involving millions of dollars in stolen goods, including frozen beef.

Just over a week ago, police arrested several perpetrators as they tried to break into a trailer parked at the Molly Pitcher Rest area on the New Jersey Turnpike.

3 More Arrested in Beef Heist

On Tuesday morning, police arrested 3 more suspects as they attempted to break into a trailer parked on Edmund Street in Philadelphia.

Google Street View

The suspects attempted to steal thousands of dollars worth of beef from the trailer.

What they didn't know, was that they were being watched as they tried to haul away 25 cases of beef to their van.

Police swooped in and arrested the men before they could make their getaway.

Arrested at the scene were Douglas Mathis 36, Jamir Scott 25, and Tariq Duncan 31, all from Philly were charged with corrupt organizations, theft, and related offenses.

Bail was set at $200,000 each.

At this time, it is not known if this attempted heist is related to last week's attempted theft.

Pennsylvania Attorney General says,

This was tenacious investigative work that involved collaboration between law enforcement agencies to stop high-value thefts from parked tractor trailers. I commend the timely work of our Organized Crime Section who tracked this crew and, essentially, caught them in the act.

Get our free mobile app

Earlier this year, while discussing another theft of beef in Philadelphia, Captain Jack Ryan with Northeast Detectives told ABC6,

It's definitely a crime ring. We've made arrests of members of this group. We believe it's the same group that's still working - it's just widespread.

Source: Philadelphia Attorney General