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Thieves take $26,380 worth of beer
Miliwaukee journal sentinel ^
| Feb. 24, 2006
| Don Behm
Posted on 02/24/2006 5:41:30 PM PST by Mount Athos
Thousands of cans and bottles of Miller Genuine Draft and Miller Light, valued at $26,380, were removed from a semi-trailer found abandoned at an Oak Creek truck stop earlier this week, authorities said today.
In a daring nighttime caper that started Friday evening in Richfield, someone backed a truck up to a beer-filled semi-trailer from the Millis Transfer Inc. yard, 3001 Highway 167, Washington County Sheriff Brian Rahn said.
Not a single bottle or can remained in the semi-trailer when it was found Monday at the Pilot Travel Center truck stop at 2031 W. Ryan Road, Rahn said. Thieves left only a few pieces of shrink wrap and several wooden pallets behind.
"Either they were some awful big drinkers or it was a large-scale operation and it was done with the intent to resell the beer on the black market," Rahn said. There are no suspects, but investigators are reviewing video surveillance tapes from both locations, he said.
The semi-trailer inventory included: 384 24-packs of Miller Genuine Draft in 12-ounce glass bottles valued at $5,760; 560 18-packs of Miller Genuine Draft in 12-ounce glass bottles valued at $7,280; 980 18-packs of Miller Genuine Draft in 12-ounce aluminum cans valued at $12,740, and 40 24-packs of Miller Lite 16-ounce plastic bottles valued at $600.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: beer; boose; budweiser; miller; wisconsin
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To: digger48
I haven't tasted real beer for 60 years, when I sat on my grampas lap, and sneaked sips when he wasn't looking.
I don't know how much hops costs these days, but it must be more than American brewers will pay.
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:00:30 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(MAY I DIE ON MY FEET IN MY SWAMP, BUAIDH NO BAS)
To: Mount Athos
This happened about 15 miles south from where I live.
To: Mount Athos
it was done with the intent to resell the beer on the black market,
Somebody clue me in... is MGD really THAT big on the black market?
Can't most people get it on the "White market" for a pretty good price? I have coupons if it'll help.
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:04:05 PM PST
by
birbear
(You know what? This is crap. We're going to stop this.)
To: Mount Athos
Thieves take $26,380 worth of beer Can you say PARTY?????? Check any and all local frat houses.
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:07:54 PM PST
by
Arrowhead1952
(Beer. It's not just for breakfast.)
To: cripplecreek
I know all about bungholesHey, it's Friday....post that over at DU, and you'll be the most popular poster for the weekend!
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:12:01 PM PST
by
digger48
To: Mr. Brightside
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:12:15 PM PST
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: digger48
There ain't enough ludes and vaseline in the world for that.
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:16:48 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: Mount Athos
Illustrating the banality of evil - the jerks didn't have the wherewithal to steal any imports or microbrews. Let them choke on their cheap brew. Life is too short for bad beer.
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:17:34 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3rd Bn. Fifth Marines RVN 1969)
To: Mount Athos
Get a rope!
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:18:55 PM PST
by
Bender2
(Redid my FR Homepage just for ya'll... Now, Vote Republican and vote often)
To: digger48
To: Mount Athos
Miller Genuine Draft and Miller Light, My mistake, I thought it said BEER.
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:31:30 PM PST
by
EricT.
("I reject your reality and substitute my own."-Adam Savage)
To: EricT.
My mistake, I thought it said BEER.
Amen, brother...
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:35:59 PM PST
by
itsamelman
(“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
To: Mount Athos
"Fifty thou a year will buy a lot of beer"
To: knews_hound
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:45:52 PM PST
by
decal
(Whoever said you can't fool all the people all the time has never visited DU...)
To: Mount Athos
"Either they were some awful big drinkers Oh sh*t. They got me!
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:52:31 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: Mount Athos
Why bother with beer that's already been through the horse?
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posted on
02/24/2006 7:35:23 PM PST
by
Noumenon
(Yesterday's Communist sympathizers are todays terrorist sympathizers)
To: Mount Athos
BEER!
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posted on
02/24/2006 8:11:49 PM PST
by
WideGlide
(That light at the end of the tunnel might be a muzzle flash.)
To: Cementjungle
Miller Beer ?? Eweeeeeeeeeee
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posted on
02/24/2006 8:14:20 PM PST
by
cmsgop
( Yeah. Let's go get sushi and not pay !!)
To: Mount Athos; tomkow6; All
TOMKOW do you know this????
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posted on
02/24/2006 8:20:08 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
(I'd rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy)
To: Mount Athos
discovering the theft the owners called for the fizz
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posted on
02/24/2006 8:23:21 PM PST
by
tlb
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