Alcohol Sting Operation Nets a Thief

September 29, 2007 by dave

I thought this Santa Rosa Press Democrat story was funny. Apparently, two girls offered a guy $10 to buy booze. He grabbed the $10 and exited out a different door without buying them any booze.

Two teenage decoys in an undercover alcohol sting operation suddenly had the tables turned on them Thursday in Sebastopol, stung by a suspect a bit too clever for his own good.

As police watched surreptitiously, the two girls approached a Sebastopol man outside a Safeway store and asked him to buy them booze. He kindly took the $10 they offered -- and took off, police said.

Steven Lionel Buchanan, 54, was $10 richer only for the time it took him to get a block away, however.

Unfortunately for Steven, the cops grabbed him and found out he had a $5,000 warrant for being drunk in public. He's now spending more than $10 worth of time in jail.

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