Capital Crime?
February 26, 2008 by Mario
As beer drinkers, we have a lot of problems facing our favorite beverage. Not only is beer a regulated beverage due to its alcoholic content, we are also seeing price increases due to raw material shortages. This gets worse when the steel in kegs is worth more than the keg, and breweries see their overhead increasing to replace increasingly more expensive kegs. Today, there’s more bad news. The direct theft of our fermented malt and hop beverage.
This story comes to us thanks to the good people at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
Two young men suspected of stealing cases of beer from a Rohnert Park market early Tuesday are now in custody, police reported.
An alarm sounded at Sam’s Market on Redwood Drive at about 3:50 a.m. Tuesday. Arriving officers found a broken glass window and several cases of beer missing, Sgt. Dave Saldanha said.
Officers then got a call saying they’d seen someone pushing a shopping cart inside the Rancho Feliz Mobile Home Park across the street and that it looked suspicious.
Officers found a shopping cart abandoned on a court, and then found a case of beer nearby in front of a home Looking inside the residence, officers saw several cases of beer stacked inside a bedroom. The brand matching the type stolen from the store, Saldanha said.
Three males were in the room and at the sight of officers outside, one man tried to run. Officers detained the trio and two admitted to the burglary.
They were arrested on suspicion of burglary.
Justin Ward, 18, of Rohnert Park was taken to Sonoma County Jail. A 17-year-old Petaluma youth was taken to Sonoma County Juvenile Hall.
Saldanha said the beer was worth about $300.
With a street value of $300 for multiple cases, it is quite clear, these boys were going for the good stuff. I’m guessing a selection of Belgian brews, maybe a case of Deschutes Abyss, maybe even some of Sam Adams’ Midas Touch. Thankfully, the police have caught these criminals. With any luck, they’ll be locked inside the walls of San Quentin prison for a long time. Hope you boys like the view of Marin Brewing Company, that’s the closest you’ll be getting to any beer for a good 25 to life.
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With beer prices rising these days, it could have been Bud or Coors too. Darn hop shortages!!!
I was being more than a little sarcastic. At $10 a bomber, a case of Abyss is going for $240 by itself. My guess is these connoisseurs were living the high life, or something comparable.