Tastes Great, Less Refilling
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 9:04 am
Beer vendor charged for refilling used cups at NFL game
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A concessions worker filled used plastic cups with beer and resold them at a Tampa Bay Buccaneers game, pocketing $1,080 in unreported sales, police said.
John Angelus Keene, 68, was charged with felony grand theft, said Tampa police Detective Bill Todd.
Todd said he observed Keene picking up used cups from tables and refilling them without rinsing them at a Bud Light booth during Sunday's game at Raymond James Stadium.
"I've never seen anything like it," said Todd, who works stadium security at Buccaneers games. "Naturally, you think of health issues."
Keene was a volunteer with a military retiree group manning the booth, but Todd did not know the exact name of the group. Aramark Inc., the Philadelphia foodservice company that provides the stadium's concessions, declined to release the name of the organization.
Keene told police he planned to turn in the cash, but detectives found he had already signed a voucher for the day's sales, Todd said.
Keene was released from jail on $2,000 bail Monday, and could not be reached for comment Tuesday. It could not immediately be determined whether Keene had an attorney.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A concessions worker filled used plastic cups with beer and resold them at a Tampa Bay Buccaneers game, pocketing $1,080 in unreported sales, police said.
John Angelus Keene, 68, was charged with felony grand theft, said Tampa police Detective Bill Todd.
Todd said he observed Keene picking up used cups from tables and refilling them without rinsing them at a Bud Light booth during Sunday's game at Raymond James Stadium.
"I've never seen anything like it," said Todd, who works stadium security at Buccaneers games. "Naturally, you think of health issues."
Keene was a volunteer with a military retiree group manning the booth, but Todd did not know the exact name of the group. Aramark Inc., the Philadelphia foodservice company that provides the stadium's concessions, declined to release the name of the organization.
Keene told police he planned to turn in the cash, but detectives found he had already signed a voucher for the day's sales, Todd said.
Keene was released from jail on $2,000 bail Monday, and could not be reached for comment Tuesday. It could not immediately be determined whether Keene had an attorney.
