Sep 18 2008
Man Steals Empty Beer Cans to Feed Crack Habit
A man from Waterford has pleaded guilty to stealing 250 empty beer cans from a 7-Eleven store.
The 46 year old man from this Detroit suburb told police that he went into the stores outside storage room on Tuesday, and grabbed a large bag of beer cans, threw them in his car and drove away. He also said that he suffers from addiction, and did this in order to buy crack cocaine.
When the man was pulled over by the police they found 247 cans, which is $24.70 under the Michigan ten-cent deposit law. He was then arrested, fined with larceny, and will later be tried in court.
The mans name has not been released.
