WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A New York state truck driver has been sentenced to six months in jail after authorities say he stole a tractor-trailer filled with boozy lemonade beverages.
According to a report from Mid Hudson News, the load of Mike’s Hard Lemonade was valued at $32,000.
Kelvin Garcia Liriano, 28, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in a recent court appearance.
Liriano was also sentenced to five years of probation and is required to pay just under $43,000 in restitution.
Mid Hudson News reports that at around 1:15 a.m. on March 21, 2023, Liriano stole the tractor-trailer contained 1,560 cases of the spiked lemonade and drove to Brooklyn, where it was later found by authorities on Atlantic Avenue.
The rig was abandoned — and empty.
Liriano was arrested in the Bronx on April 17, 2023.
Police didn’t say what happened to the alcohol.
Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and raised in East Texas, John Worthen returned to his home state to attend college in 1998 and decided to make his life in The Natural State. Worthen is a 20-year veteran of the journalism industry and has covered just about every topic there is. He has a passion for writing and telling stories. He has worked as a beat reporter and bureau chief for a statewide newspaper and as managing editor of a regional newspaper in Arkansas. Additionally, Worthen has been a prolific freelance journalist for two decades, and has been published in several travel magazines and on travel websites.
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