--- description: A father and son were arrested for stealing more than $40,000 in chicken wings from a New York restaurant, authorities said title: Father and Son Steal $40,000 Worth of Chicken Wings image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4870e8398971215e/6988748c0a4a223fe49c7660/chicken-wings1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Father and Son Steal $40,000 Worth of Chicken Wings  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 9, 2015 1:16 AM CUT  BBQ Sauce Chicken Wings BBQ Sauce Chicken WingsGetty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 9, 2015 1:16 AM CUT A father and son were arrested for stealing more than $40,000 in chicken wings from a New York restaurant and selling them to competitors, [authorities said](http://ongov.net/Sheriff/documents/12-07-15Father-sonDuoCharged.pdf "undefined"). Paul Rojek, 56, and his 33-year-old son Joshua were charged Monday with grand larceny and falsifying business records, [the Onondaga County sheriff’s office said](http://ongov.net/Sheriff/documents/12-07-15Father-sonDuoCharged.pdf "undefined"). The two from Syracuse are accused of taking the wings from the Twin Trees Too restaurant, where they both work as cooks. Authorities say they placed numerous chicken wing orders to the restaurant’s wholesaler and later resold the poultry on the street or to other local eateries at a reduced price. The father and son billed about $41,000 worth of chicken wings to Twin Trees from February to the end of November and allegedly destroyed the receipts, authorities said. The two were arraigned Tuesday in Syracuse Criminal Court, where their bail was set at $2,500 cash or bond. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4141888/chicken-wings-father-son/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4141888/chicken-wings-father-son/"},"headline":"Father and Son Steal $40,000 Worth of Chicken Wings","datePublished":"2015-12-09T01:16:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:57:07.156Z","description":"They later sold them to their restaurant's competitors","url":"https://time.com/4141888/chicken-wings-father-son/","keywords":["Crime","New York"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4870e8398971215e/6988748c0a4a223fe49c7660/chicken-wings1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4870e8398971215e/6988748c0a4a223fe49c7660/chicken-wings1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"486503036","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4141888/chicken-wings-father-son/","name":"Father and Son Steal $40,000 Worth of Chicken Wings"}}]}] ```