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U.S. Prosecutors: Suspects Busted for Stealing Barrels of Bourbon
Associated Press ^ | 4/21/15 | BRUCE SCHREINER

Posted on 04/21/2015 5:50:08 PM PDT by BBell

Kentucky authorities indicted nine people Tuesday on charges of spiriting away what one prosecutor called more bourbon whiskey than a person could drink in a lifetime.

Prosecutors say the scheme led by rogue distillery workers lasted for years and involved tens of thousands of dollars' worth of whiskey but began to unravel when whiskey barrels were discovered behind a shed.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: bourbon; buffalotrace; eaglerare; frankfort; kentucky; pappyvanwinkle; wildturkey
I'M INNOCENT ANDY!!!!! I WASN'T EVEN IN KENTUCKY!!!!!


1 posted on 04/21/2015 5:50:08 PM PDT by BBell
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To: BBell

“...spiriting away what one prosecutor called more bourbon whiskey than a person could drink in a lifetime.”

Mmmmyeah well....I don’t know if they stole THAT much whiskey...how big was the haul, anyway?

“But sinful, ginfull, rum-soaked men
“Survive for threescore years and ten.
“And some of us, a mighty few,
“Stay snockered ‘til we’re ninety-two.

;^)


2 posted on 04/21/2015 5:54:56 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
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To: elcid1970

more bourbon whiskey than a person could drink in a lifetime

Not if they drank
One bourbon
one scotch
and one beer


3 posted on 04/21/2015 5:56:21 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: BBell

LOL! If Otis shez he dint do it, he dint.


4 posted on 04/21/2015 5:59:27 PM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: dp0622

Judge never met my old drinking buddy “Whiskey Tom.”


5 posted on 04/21/2015 6:10:03 PM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: Rio

or me at 18. Once drank 22 shots of tequila to win some money in about 30 minutes. Then played monopoly.


6 posted on 04/21/2015 6:13:16 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: All
Solved:
7 posted on 04/21/2015 6:29:46 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: BBell
Prime suspect?


8 posted on 04/21/2015 6:33:01 PM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: BBell

Johnny Walker Cash:
I got it one drink at a time and it didn’t cost me a dime...
You know it’s me when I come stumbling thru your town...


9 posted on 04/21/2015 9:35:10 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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