WINGS STOP
Kansas City Chiefs star Chris Jones offers $1.5m to set free a woman who was jailed for stealing chicken wings
Chicago school district official Vera Liddell has been sentenced to nine years in prison for her chicken wing heist
KANSAS City Chiefs star Chris Jones has offered to pay a staggering $1.5 million to free a woman jailed for stealing chicken wings.
Chicago school district official Vera Liddell was handed a nine-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to a scam that saw her steal $1.5 million worth of food that was mainly chicken wings.
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Liddell, 68, worked as food service director for Harvey School District 152.
Between July 2020 and February 2022, she is claimed to have picked up more than 11,000 cases of wings.
These came from the district's food provider - and had been intended for local kids learning remotely during Covid but still requiring school meals.
As per WGNTV, Liddell's crime was described as a "massive fraud" during court proceedings.
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Her chicken wing heist quickly went viral on social media.
Seeing the story, Chiefs defensive tackle Jones, 30, vowed to help her out.
"I’ll pay for the wings that she stole to get her free," he wrote on X.
Jones agreed to a lucrative new contract with the Chiefs earlier this year.
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Back in March, he penned a five-year $158.75 million deal with the reigning Super Bowl champions.
The contract includes $101 million in guarantees.
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Jones had been just days away from entering the open market before the Chiefs struck a deal.
Responding to his post on X, one fan called him a "man of the people."
"U such a good person," a second wrote.
"That’s a lot of chicken wings," a third joked.
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"I love this!" a fourth said.
Although a fifth responded, "Naw give it to someone who deserves it."
"Stole from families during the lockdowns. Not as simple as the headline," another critic said.
After lodging her orders with the district's food provider, Liddell is claimed to have picked cases up in her own cargo van.
She then kept the food for her own purposes despite the charge being placed on the district.
"The massive fraud began at the height of Covid during a time when students were not allowed to be physically present in school," a prosecutor said at Liddell's bond hearing.
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"Even though the children were learning remotely, the school district continued to provide meals for the students that their families could pick up."
Liddell pleaded guilty last Friday to theft and operating a criminal enterprise and was handed a nine-year prison sentence.