Update: Thieves Drove Away With 36,000 Pounds of Crisco, Cops Say

Update Oct. 14, 11:13 a.m.: The St. Petersburg Police Department says the stolen tractor-trailer was located in Hialeah. There’s no word on whether the Hialeah Police Department also found that missing 36,000 pounds of Crisco.

Earlier:

Some slick auto thieves cooked up some trouble in St. Petersburg over the weekend when police say they stole a tractor-trailer containing about 36,000 pounds of Crisco sticks.

The truck was swiped early Sunday morning from Coastal Towing, 2390 118th Ave. N., according to an email to media from the police department. The Crisco was meant for delivery to the Publix supermarkets distribution center in Lakeland, police said.

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While only one truck was driven off the lot, another trailer on the site was also tampered with, police say. That trailer contained boxes from the newly opened Amazon.com distribution center in Ruskin. Some of the boxes on the trailer were opened and their contents were removed. It is unclear at this time what might have been in the boxes.

As for the stolen truck, police says it’s a 2005 red Volvo bearing Florida tag number 52393P. The business name “NS Express LLC, Bowling Green, KY 42104” is written on both sides of the cab. The trailer containing the Crisco sticks is a white Hyundai. It has Florida tag number 4450PP.

It is unclear what the thieves might want with 36,000 pounds of Crisco sticks.

Photo Credit: Crisco Facebook Page