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Man Smashes Liquor, Wine Bottles
The Columbus Dispatch ^ | December 18, 2001 | Matthew Marx

Posted on 12/18/2001 12:55:32 PM PST by buccaneer81

Man smashes liquor, wine bottles

Tuesday, December 18, 2001

Matthew Marx

Dispatch Staff Reporter

A Northwest Side man wielding a golf club smashed thousands of dollars worth of wine and liquor at the Big Bear store at West 5th and Grandview avenues last night.

Asad K. Thahim, 24, of 1450 King Ave. Apt. 35, is accused of creating a panic at the store when he pushed the manager to the floor and began slashing glass bottles.

Thahim walked up to the service counter and said it was against his religion for wine to be consumed and that he was going to smash every bottle in the place, witnesses told Columbus police.

Thahim also took a swing at Andrew Raymond, second-shift store manager, who called police.

Raymond refused to comment last night.

Columbus police charged Thahim with one felony count each of vandalism and inducing panic and one misdemeanor count of assault.

More than $50,000 worth of wine and liquor was destroyed, police estimated.

Thahim was in Franklin County jail early this morning.

He will appear in Franklin County Municipal Court today on those charges and some outstanding warrants from separate criminal and traffic offenses. In one of those cases, he is charged with smashing one 40-ounce bottle of beer on the floor of the Speedway gas station at 1626 W. 5th Ave. on Nov. 30.


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To: proudofthesouth
I suggest you reread your profile statement very carefully, after you sober up.
101 posted on 12/19/2001 2:36:17 AM PST by CWRWinger
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To: buccaneer81
Asad K. Thahim falls into the catagory of "Useful Idiot".
102 posted on 12/19/2001 2:41:52 AM PST by CWRWinger
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To: SamAdams76
I've tried the Czechvar - actually Budvar, but Anheuser-Busch has successfully sued to keep the "Budvar" name out of America. What a bunch of insecure, whiney bastards those A-B people are. I guess they are afraid to have Americans sample real beer.

Of course they are.

Oh, and I'll occasionally have one of the Samuel Adams brews as well.. 8-)

103 posted on 12/19/2001 6:16:00 AM PST by butter pecan fan
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To: riley1992
It does that!
104 posted on 12/19/2001 6:51:32 PM PST by StoneColdGOP
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To: Doctor Doom
I know, it's all so sad. I think I saw the sun turning black as sackcloth just today, it's the end of time!
105 posted on 12/19/2001 6:52:59 PM PST by StoneColdGOP
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To: Cicero
He was naturalized just in time to vote for clinton in 1996.

Yep, one of those 180,000 pushed through by Al Gore.

106 posted on 12/19/2001 7:17:16 PM PST by TopQuark
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To: Dog Gone
Not to stick up for this guy, but I know of about 80,000 fans in Cleveland and New Orleans who did the same thing this week

I don't think any self respecting Clevelander would waste beer by throwing a bottle with anything in it at a referee. I believe they learn at a tender age the priorities are 1) drink, 2) throw. A Clevelander getting that backwards would probably be ejected from the game for excessive, unsportsmanlike conduct.

No sportsman would throw before drinking.

107 posted on 12/19/2001 7:54:27 PM PST by TomMix
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To: proudofthesouth
Phase II jihadist. Execute him.
108 posted on 12/19/2001 7:58:57 PM PST by mathurine
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To: StoneColdGOP
Well things are looking up. You're back on!
109 posted on 12/19/2001 8:12:27 PM PST by Doctor Doom
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To: Doctor Doom
Oh hell yeah!

I don't die so easily.

110 posted on 12/19/2001 9:22:34 PM PST by StoneColdGOP
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