Video Shows Man Crashing SUV Into Store to Steal Beer
The Lucky 7 in Bakersfield, California, was the target of a smash-and-grab.
— -- You won't find a thirstier man around.
Police have arrested the man caught on surveillance video smashing his SUV into the Lucky 7 food store in Bakersfield, California, early Sunday morning.
The target of his theft? Beer. And not in the quantity you might expect.
"The value of the five cans of beer he took was probably $5," Lucky 7 Store Manager Eli Kardouh told ABC News. The damage, Kardouh estimated, is well into the thousands of dollars.
The highlight of the surveillance tape comes when the man smashes through the store window -- showing little regard for life and limb -- then climbs onto the hood of the car, unsure where to dismount amid the wreckage.
"I've been here since 2009," Kardouh said. "I've never seen anything close to similar to this."
Eventually the man makes his way to the beer aisle, doing his best to balance the cans and bottles in his arms. He enters the SUV and backs out of the store, as if the ice machine were just another parking spot.
A Good Samaritan chased the man until police managed to catch up with him, according to ABC affiliate KERO.
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