Man accused of guzzling at Wis. Wal-Mart
MUKWONAGO, Wis. - A man told police he couldn't help himself when he took seven bottles of a spiked lemonade drink from the shelf at a Wal-Mart Supercenter and drank them in the liquor aisle.
Police Chief Fred Winchowky said the 43-year-old town of Eagle man claimed he was a recovering alcoholic and had been dry for 16 months before he went to the store Oct. 14 with his wife, who was not aware of what he was doing.
"He went down that aisle and he said 'I just couldn't control myself,'" Winchowky said. "He stated he was upset he broke his 16-month streak and he didn't know how he was going to tell his wife."
The chief said security video caught the man drinking the 12-ounce bottles of Jack Daniels Lynchburg Lemonade over a 15-minute period. He placed the empty bottles back on the shelf.
Confronted by a store official, he first denied it but smelled of intoxicants, Winchowky said.
The man was cited for retail theft.
Seed Newsvine
1 comment:
Shopping at Wal-Mart can be a soul sapping, sensory assaulting experience - during the rare times I have shopped there I have often thought that swigging some hard lemonade would be an effective coping mechanism.
Besides, isn't only theft if you leave without paying? Kind of like when you are a kid and in an effort to prevent a mutiny your parent lets you munch on a new bag of cookies while you shop around - always paid for afterwards of course.
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