No pint-sized matter: Thieves steal $70,000 in Pabst beer from California warehouse
Summary
Thieves stole about $70,000 worth of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Old Milwaukee beer from a warehouse in Montclair, California, in two thefts on the same day. The company used the incident as a social media promotion to ask for the beer's return, while police investigate if the thefts were connected.Key Facts
- Two separate thefts happened on August 17 at an Anheuser-Busch warehouse near Los Angeles.
- About $45,000 worth of beer meant for Tucson, Arizona, was stolen first but never delivered.
- An hour later, fake papers were used to take another $25,000 worth of beer.
- The stolen beer included roughly 34,000 cans, over 1,500 cases in total.
- The total weight of the stolen beer was about 40,000 pounds (18,145 kilograms).
- Montclair police are investigating if the two thefts are linked.
- Pabst Blue Ribbon posted on Instagram, asking for the beer to be returned and making a light-hearted comment about the theft.
- The thefts happened at a distribution center operated by Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
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