Crime

Burglars used tractor-trailors to steal more than $1.6 million of alcohol from a Republic National Distributing Co. warehouse south of Tampa in Gibsonton, Fla. Gibsonton is in Hillsborough County. The theft is believed to have started around 4:10 a.m. By 8:45, the thieves had removed 4,

Eighteen Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board retail stores were looted in Philadelphia after a judge dismissed all charges against a former Philadelphia police officer in a fatal shooting during a traffic stop. As a result of the looting, the PLCB closed 48 retail wine and spirits shops in Philadelphia and one

What was trendy on the East Coast a couple of years ago resulted in 2,000 bottles of wine and other alcohol being destroyed In Santa Barbara, a company and in principals pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges, including violating the Water Code for illegally discharging material into the waters  of

The news was first reported by the New York Post, which had a reporter at the scene who saw some police officers inside wearing FBI shirts.  FBI officials neither didn't discuss why the officers were there.   The company owes New York State $2.7 million in unpaid sales

Jose Humberto Martinez said he took the wine and a van in which it was placed to insure he was paid his back wages.  Napa County Sheriff's Office booked him into the Napa County jail, charged with grand theft, vehicle theft and receiving stolen property.  The name of