Man Caught Stealing 'Big A-- Bottle Of Wine' From Rite Aid

PUYALLUP, WA - Budding sommelier or bumbling schmuck? Either way, Pierce County deputies stopped a would-be thief from stealing a "big a-- bottle of wine" and cigarettes from a local Rite Aid.

The 22-year-old suspect had somehow fallen asleep Wednesday night on a bench inside the 128th Street East Rite Aid, and employees closed the store with him inside. When deputies arrived, they looked through a window and saw the man standing in the liquor section with an unlit cigarette in his mouth.

The suspect tried to run out the back door, but there was a deputy waiting there. After he was arrested, the suspect told police he was just trying to get drunk, and he "knew he f--ked up when he saw a deputy." Inside the suspect's backpack, the deputies found two cartons of Marlboro cigarettes. Inside the store, they found evidence he was in the process of taking a 4-liter bottle of wine.

For those unfamiliar with the metric system, a 4-liter bottle is called a "jeroboam" and is equivalent to about six regular size wine bottles.

The deputies took the suspect to jail on charges of second-degree burglary and outstanding warrants.

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