BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELL-DOMENECH | Nineteenth Precinct police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a man they have labeled “The Beer Bandit” on social media.
According to police, on March 1, at 11:35 p.m. a man entered a 7-Eleven at 1453 Third Ave., between 82nd and 83rd Sts., and tried to steal around $70 worth of brews. His hoped-for haul included Modelo, Bud Light, Fosters, Heineken and Four Loko.
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Someone inside the store attempted to stop him. The beer thief wheeled around and punched the good Samaritan in the face several times. A tweet from the precinct suggested the guy actually made off with the beer, but he actually fled empty-handed onto 82nd St. in an unknown direction.
It wasn’t immediately clear why the tattooed beverage bandit was shirtless in surveillance images.