Compton Burger Stand Caught With Hot Cheese
A Compton hamburger stand that allegedly had a policy of holding the wrong cheese was raided by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies early today.
The deputies said they took 5,180 pounds of stolen government surplus cheese to go as well as three purloined electric typewriters on their 2 a.m. visit to Marathon Hamburgers in the 600 block of East Compton Boulevard. They also took the husband and wife owners, Stephanos and Maria Tsimahidis, who were arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen property.
Sgt. John Null of the Sheriff’s Department said the processed American cheese was still packed in its Department of Agriculture containers and marked, “Not for sale.” With a street value of about $1.25 a pound, the total haul of cheese was valued at $6,475, enough to go on 165,000 hamburgers more or less.
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