100,000 Eggs Worth $40,000 Stolen From Trailer in Pennsylvania, Police Say

The theft comes as the price of eggs has soared amid an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza.

In a file photograph, a customer shops for eggs at a grocery store in San Rafael, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2024. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Police are investigating the theft of about 100,000 eggs from the back of a distribution trailer in central Pennsylvania on Saturday, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

The alleged theft of the eggs, valued at about $40,000, occurred around 8:40 p.m. at Pete and Gerry’s Organics LLC in Antrim Township, Franklin County, according to a police report.