Liquor License Allegedly Stolen Out of Revenge

A Lilburn bar reported its liquor license stolen last month in an attempt to shut down the business. 

Gwinnett police responded to Bailen's Pub, located at 865 Indian Trail Lilburn Road, after a staff member reported the theft of the license Aug. 29.

According to the police report, the staff member, 33, told police that an ex-partial owner had called and told her that he had someone steal the liquor license. He also said he was going to have the business shut down.

She hadn't noticed the license gone in the bar before the call, but once she was off the phone, she realized that the license was missing from its frame, which had been busted. 

She told police that the former owner hadn't been there, but his girlfriend had.

The report says the crime took place between 9 p.m. on Aug. 28 and 12:32 a.m. the same night. Theft by taking and criminal trespassing are listed as the crimes made in the report.