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Thieves in Florida use tractor trailers to steal more than $1.6 million in alcohol from US distributor
CNN via Yahoo ^ | 10/15/2023 | Isabel Rosales

Posted on 10/15/2023 3:02:53 PM PDT by DFG

An investigation is underway in Florida after burglars used tractor trailers to steal more than $1.6 million worth of alcohol from a distribution company that carries brands including Jose Cuervo and Malibu.

The theft began during the early morning hours on July 8 at Republic National Distributing Company, located in Hillsborough County south of Tampa, according to a newly unsealed search warrant obtained by CNN on October 5.

Between between 4:10 a.m. and 9:45 a.m., the thieves removed 4,277 cases of liquor from the company that also distributes alcohol from Franzia Wines and Sutter Home Winery, according to the search warrant, which was issued for an Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Authorities believe there is probable cause that the phone “contains specific information, technical data and evidence” showing that a burglary and grand theft took place, according to the warrant.

The thieves, referred to in the document as “unknown suspects,” also removed digital video recorders used by the alcohol distributor for video surveillance purposes, the warrant stated.

Located in Gibsonton, Florida, RNDC is one of the nation’s largest wine and spirits distributors with 14,000 employees in 38 states and Washington, D.C., according to the company’s website.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


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KEYWORDS: booze; crime; florida; gibsonton; josecuervo; liquor; tampa; theft
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1 posted on 10/15/2023 3:02:53 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Sounds like the big rush of miggie illegals are preparing for a big We Won! We Beat The Gringos Celebration and Fiesta.


2 posted on 10/15/2023 3:05:52 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (When you're in the braindead Hollowoody cult, it's impossible to think clearly, right Bobby (DeNiro))
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To: DFG

Nobody caught them during this FIVE HOUR operation???????


3 posted on 10/15/2023 3:10:42 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: DFG

4,200 cases.

Either have to have a fork lift for pallets or a _large_ team of people to move that much.


4 posted on 10/15/2023 3:11:58 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: DFG

You mean they didn’t carry it all away on their backs?


5 posted on 10/15/2023 3:12:01 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: DFG

And they left 10,000 cases of Bud Light behind.


6 posted on 10/15/2023 3:14:30 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: DFG

It’s the cheap stuff…


7 posted on 10/15/2023 3:16:56 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: metmom

LOL! That’s what I was wondering.


8 posted on 10/15/2023 3:16:59 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Post of the Day!


9 posted on 10/15/2023 3:17:37 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: metmom

Gotta give them credit- they really busted their butts moving that stuff.


10 posted on 10/15/2023 3:18:05 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: glorgau

Smokey and the Bandit

With wine instead of Coors


11 posted on 10/15/2023 3:21:51 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Starboard; ProtectOurFreedom

I’ll second that.


12 posted on 10/15/2023 3:22:38 PM PDT by Chad N. Freud (FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
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To: DFG

I was jealous until I read what they stole.

Now I feel sorry for them

I wouldn’t touch any if it even if I was drunk


13 posted on 10/15/2023 3:23:24 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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14 posted on 10/15/2023 3:23:36 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: DFG

Maybe they found a bunch of Puerto Rican girls that were just dying to meet them


15 posted on 10/15/2023 3:32:34 PM PDT by digger48
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To: telescope115

“Gotta give them credit- they really busted their butts moving that stuff.”

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Yep, at least they have a work ethic, which you don’t see much of anymore.


16 posted on 10/15/2023 3:34:51 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: metmom

Nobody caught them during this FIVE HOUR operation???????


No kidding!!

And, with tractor trailers, to boot!


17 posted on 10/15/2023 3:36:20 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: metmom
Nobody caught them during this FIVE HOUR operation???????

It was in the early morning hours of a Saturday Morning. Maybe they didn't have a night watchman.

18 posted on 10/15/2023 3:43:23 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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Place had 14,000 employees.......musta been an inside job.


19 posted on 10/15/2023 3:54:00 PM PDT by Liz (“The only time Biden gets his hands dirty is when he’s taking cash from foreign countries." Trump)
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To: DFG

Somebody was asleep at the switch.


20 posted on 10/15/2023 4:06:08 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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