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Police bust alleged moonshine makers in Pennsylvania
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| April 23, 2013
Posted on 04/24/2013 11:19:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono
MCDONALD, Pa., - Police in Pennsylvania said they responded to a report of two men burning something in a shed and discovered an alleged moonshine making operation.
McDonald police said Midway residents called officers to their neighborhood April 11 with a report of neighbors burning something in a shed and one witness told police he suspected they were making moonshine because he had seen a man loading Mason jars into a vehicle, The (Washington, Pa.) Observer reported Tuesday.
Police said they entered the shed to discover Matthew Zirwas III, 33, and Matthew Kirks, 29, operating what appeared to be an ethanol or moonshine distillery.
Police said the man admitted they had been making moonshine in the shed.
Zirwas and Kirks were both charged with five counts of reckless endangerment and one count each of failure to have a license to make liquor, illegal possession of liquor, disorderly conduct and possession of marijuana.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: atf; drugs; drugwar; legalizeit; moonshine; pennsylvania; prohibition; revenuers; taxes; wod; wodlist
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To: dljordan
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posted on
04/24/2013 1:04:25 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
What kind of neighbors would report you for making a little moonshine? Not the kind I want, for sure. My grandpa was a moonshiner and I am right proud of that.
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posted on
04/24/2013 1:08:35 PM PDT
by
Tammy8
(~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
To: Tammy8
What kind of neighbors would report you for making a little moonshine?
LOL
“I live in a rural area and have a family + cows, horses, dogs & cats. “
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posted on
04/24/2013 1:20:29 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Jacquerie
Laws vary from state to state.
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posted on
04/24/2013 1:22:45 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Kenton
“Beer and wine yes, no for distilled alcohol.”
Beer and wine making is different for each state. Mississippi and Alabama are the only two states that home brewing beer is illegal. I was involved in introducing a bill before the MS legislature that just passed, it will go into effect July 1st. It only effects wet counties, if you live in a dry county you still can't home brew legally.
45
posted on
04/24/2013 2:18:18 PM PDT
by
Hotmetal
To: JoeProBono
That is a great American. Better than any bed wetting pansy politician.
46
posted on
04/24/2013 3:30:24 PM PDT
by
OldCorps
To: JoeProBono
There will never be another Popcorn Sutton!
47
posted on
04/25/2013 1:48:51 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: Roccus
It was the easiest way to haul corn to market and turn it into cash.
48
posted on
04/25/2013 1:51:06 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: JoeProBono
I'm more than likely some kind of kin, after 250 years in those mountains everyone is kin to everyone else.
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posted on
04/25/2013 2:00:50 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
04/25/2013 3:01:19 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Problem was that the “market” that had cash, was on the other side of the Alleghenies. Locally on the frontier, there was little cash to be had which is why spirits were used in lieu of cash. The tax was to be paid in cash at the still, not at the market. That’s why the taxman went to the still. Also, with cash more plentifull on the coastal plain, the tax represented a much smaller percentage of the mfg. cost there than at the frontier.
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posted on
04/25/2013 7:34:09 AM PDT
by
Roccus
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Ya know the more I think about it, the more I realize that this was a venture into crony capitalism on the part of George Washington.
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posted on
04/25/2013 7:54:13 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(POLITICIAN...............a four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
To: shove_it
“IRA ... IRS ... a distinction without a difference.”
Yup, both are radical terrorist organisations
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posted on
04/25/2013 8:17:31 AM PDT
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
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