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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Seattle FBI agent Lee V. Boardman announced the arrest of a transport chief steward accused of dumping 3,000 pounds of usable beef overboard at sea after requisitioning it in Alaska last February to replace poorer cuts with better meat, falsely reporting it consumed by passengers and crew.
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SEATTLE, July 25 - Special Agent-in-Charge Lee V. Boardman said today the FBI was holding a transport chief steward accused of dumping 3,000 pounds of usable beef overboard at sea.
The man had requisitioned a large quantity of boneless beef, along with other stores, in Alaska last February, Boardman said. He admitted having dumped the usable meat to get rid of poorer cuts and obtain better meat here.
Subsequently, he reported at the end of the voyage here that the meat had been consumed by the passengers and crew, Boardman said. He had been a seaman 16 years and is a steward, cook and bartender by occupation.
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Seattle
Event Date
Last February
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fbi holding the steward; he admitted the act
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Transport chief steward requisitioned large quantity of boneless beef in Alaska last February, dumped 3,000 pounds of usable beef overboard at sea to replace poorer cuts with better meat, then reported it as consumed by passengers and crew at end of voyage in Seattle