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# Arrested for "Stealing" Beer
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/1412/
- Published: 2005-06-18T19:32:43.000Z
- Updated: 2005-06-18T19:32:43.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

> A 30-year-old Sparta, Illinois man has been charged with stealing a beer from the Citgo Station on Highway 51 North early last Friday morning, even though he tried to pay for it.

> According to the Perry County Sheriff's report, Vincent D. Boston entered the Citgo Station went to the cooler and picked up a 24-ounce can of Budweiser beer. However, when he went to the counter to pay for it, the clerk told him she couldn't sell it to him because it was after 1 a.m. and the company policy is not to sell beer after that hour. She picked up the can of beer and placed it on a side counter.

> The man placed a dollar bill and two quarters on the counter and then went outside to his car. He came back inside and told the clerk it wasn't yet 1 a.m. by his clock.

> The man went back to the cooler and picked up another 24 ounce can of beer and left with it.

> The clerk took down the license plate number on the man's car and called the sheriff's department.

> A Perry County sheriff's deputy arrived on the scene and seized the dollar bill and two quarters as evidence.

[Link](http://www.suntimesnews.com/8C/News%20Archives/jun%5F05/0617man.htm?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

We have a hard time believing this guy was charged with stealing. He was probably charged with a violation of the liquor laws, which would probably be a misdemeanor.

This whole thing raises the issue of why we have all these jackboot liquor restrictions in the first place.