A Lowndes County Circuit Court jury on Tuesday acquitted a Columbus man accused of stuffing meat down his pants at a grocery store and trying to run away.
Reginald Wilkins, of 826 14th St. N., was arrested in September for the alleged robbery at Sunflower Grocery Store on Military Road. Police claimed the man entered the store, stuffed an undisclosed amount of meat down his pants and ran to the parking lot. There, he reportedly engaged in “a scuffle” with a store employee.
Wilkins’ attorney, Steve Wallace, declined to comment to The Dispatch about the acquittal.
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