Theft charge dropped over chicken nugget meal
Shorewood High student was arrested, ticketed over alleged stealing of $2.60 meal
Shorewood - The Police Department has withdrawn a theft ticket issued to a Shorewood High School student who was handcuffed, photographed and fingerprinted after being accused of stealing a chicken nugget meal from the school cafeteria, Police Chief David Banaszynski said Monday.
Police and the school principal agreed the matter should be dropped, he said.
The ticket, given in March to Adam Hernandez, was to be the subject of a Municipal Court trial Tuesday.
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Kane reported that Hernandez denied stealing the $2.60 meal, but rather received it from a friend who participated in a free lunch program at the school.
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Banaszynski confirmed that after Hernandez was arrested and handcuffed at the school he was taken to the police station to be photographed and fingerprinted before being released.
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