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CTV News
6 days ago
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Public assistance requested in search for liquor thieves: OPP
Police are searching for two suspects involved in a theft in Essa Twp., Ont., on Tues., June 3, 2025. Provincial police are appealing to the public as they investigate an alleged shoplift at a liquor store in Essa Township Tuesday afternoon. According to Nottawasaga OPP, two people were seen entering the store on 7 Commerce Road at around 12:30 p.m., Police say they took two bottles of alcohol valued at $120, and exited without paying. Nottawasaga OPP shared photos of the two suspects from video surveillance and are asking anyone who knows them to come forward.
CBS News
27-05-2025
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- CBS News
Detroit police searching for suspect accused of hitting man with a bottle outside liquor store
A felonious assault with a bottle happened just outside a liquor store in Detroit, and police are seeking information to help in locating the suspect. The circumstances began around 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the 500 block of East State Fair Avenue, according to the Detroit police report. The suspect, who was outside the liquor store, asked a 60-year-old man for money. When the victim denied that request, the suspect went into the store, came out with a bottle and allegedly struck the victim. Security image of a suspect in an assault May 22, 2025, outside a liquor store in Detroit. Detroit Police Department The suspect also tried to hit the victim with another object. The victim instead fled the scene, and called police from a different location. Officers noted that he refused treatment for his minor injuries Detroit police ask that anyone who has information about the assault call the Detroit Police Department's 11th Precinct at 313-596-1140, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak Up, or go to
RNZ News
21-05-2025
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- RNZ News
First stand-alone liquor store to open in Lake Hāwea, but community not consulted
Lisa Riley and her son on the site of the proposed Super Liquor store. Photo: Supplied/Lisa Riley People in the small township of Lake Hāwea near Wānaka are objecting to plans for its first stand-alone bottle shop. Queenstown Lakes District Council approved a non-notified resource consent application for a Super Liquor store in the Longview subdivision earlier this month. The retailer has now applied for a liquor licence. Lisa Riley, whose family moved from Wellington to Lake Hāwea 18 months ago, said the store would be too close to a children's playground and a school bus stop. "It is going to be just metres away from where my son catches his school bus and in close proximity to the playground where he plays. "He rides his bike around the neighbourhood, we walk our dog nearby, and it's right at the gateway of our neighbourhood," she said. "That raises huge red flags for me. It's not about opposing alcohol in general, it is about how close this is to our children every day and how it exposes them to that." A public notice of an application for a liquor licence at the proposed site. Photo: Supplied/Lisa Riley Local Warren Chinn said the bottle shop was unnecessary because three businesses already sold alcohol in Lake Hāwea - Hāwea Store & Kitchen, Lake Hāwea Hotel and Fresh Choice supermarket. "If people want higher-strength alcohol they can go to Wānaka where there are at least three hard-liquor shops," he said. "We could do with more useful shops - certainly not a shop that encourages getting boozed." The public had until 23 June to lodge any objections to the liquor licence application. Queenstown Lakes District Council said the Super Liquor store was approved in accordance with the Resource Management Act and district plan provisions that zoned the site as a local shopping centre. "This zoning permits retail activities - defined as the direct sale or hire of goods to the public - as of right, provided the development meets the relevant planning rules," a spokesperson said. "It is important to clarify that under the PDP (proposed district plan), council cannot regulate or prioritise types of retail activity (eg. groceries vs liquor) within such a zone as long as the activity falls within the defined and permitted use. "In this case, the proposed development met the retail activity definition." A Super Liquor spokesperson said each liquor licence application process was an opportunity for the prospective franchisee and the community to be heard. "In this case, the operator making the application at Lake Hāwea is one our most experienced franchisees with a great reputation for the stores they already operate throughout Central Otago," they said. The council said minor district plan rule breaches meant resource consent was required, including the size of the building, signs and access, but the application did not need to be publicly notified. Public notices about the liquor licence application were published on the council website and would be placed on fences or boardings surrounding the proposed site and advertised in local newspapers, the council said. The site of the proposed liquor store on Longview Drive. Photo: Supplied/Lisa Riley Resident Kim Knight said she was surprised the council had not consulted the public about the resource consent. "I don't understand why the community wasn't consulted first as to what shops and facilities they would like and need. Wouldn't that be the sensible thing to do?" she said. "This is a whole cultural, societal issue in the country at large. It's indicative of a society that says it is okay to have a liquor store in a place like Hāwea and not even consult the community first." Communities Against Alcohol Harm spokesperson Liz Gordon said it was common for liquor stores to be included in developments and for resource consent to be granted without being publicly notified. She said Super Liquor would sell a wider range of alcohol compared to existing stores and could be problematic for the popular holiday destination. "It is going to lead to an increase in alcohol-related litter, alcohol-related harm late at night and so on, perhaps in the New Year and perhaps where people are camping," she said. "The other issue is the subdivision itself has got hundreds of tiny sections and includes a significant area where people can buy lower-cost housing. "We are not talking here about a huge lake-side development, we're talking about a pokey little subdivision with hundreds and eventually a couple thousand houses that aren't built yet, having its own liquor store." District councillor Cody Tucker, who lived in Lake Hāwea, said he had been approached by a number of people concerned about the bottle shop and its proximity to the playground. "A lot of people for a long time have been asking for commercial facilities out in Hāwea, its been a long time coming, and I think it has been a bit of surprise this is the first cab off the rank," he said. "Council as a consenting authority has an obligation to follow its statutory responsibilities. I appreciate that an alcohol store feels like a high area of interest, but there are still the roles and responsibilities of being a consenting authority in a free market economy." Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
CTV News
16-05-2025
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2 wanted in south Edmonton liquor store robbery
These two males are wanted in connection with a liquor store robbery near 104 Street and 51 Avenue on March 23, 2025. (Supplied)
RNZ News
15-05-2025
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Nelson man drives 200m to liquor store for cigarettes; gets 7th drink-drive conviction
By Tracy Neal, Open Justice reporter of Staff at the liquor store where Marcus Phillips went to buy cigarettes refused to serve him because of how intoxicated he was. Photo: 123RF A man's 200-metre drive to a liquor store for cigarettes ended in his seventh conviction for drink driving. Staff at a Liquorland store took the keys from Marcus Phillips when he walked in the door of the Richmond store on an afternoon last December, such was their concern at his state. He was also denied service because of his obvious level of intoxication, and staff called the police. Phillips, who has previously spent time in prison for drink driving in circumstances where a person was injured in a crash, blew a breath alcohol reading of 1296 micrograms per litre of breath, which was just over five times the limit. He later pleaded guilty to a charge of driving with excess breath alcohol on a third or subsequent time. "You were placing every member of the community near you at risk on the day you drove," Judge Jo Rielly said in sentencing Phillips in the Nelson District Court this week. Phillips told the police he had had beer, vodka and cider before driving to Liquorland to "get cigarettes". Judge Rielly said his decision to drive only 200m that day was "extremely concerning". "I don't know how you could have ever thought it would be okay to drive, when people at the liquor store had been so concerned about your level of intoxication that not only did they report it to police but also take your keys." She acknowledged his early guilty plea and the steps taken to "immediately get rid of his car" and take up biking as a means of transport. Defence lawyer Rob Ord said Phillips was "very apologetic". "He has a desire to have nothing to do with cars." Judge Rielly said it seemed Phillips did not trust himself not to drive, in circumstances where a vehicle was available. She also noted the "significant" head injury he had received 20 years ago after he was seriously assaulted. "I wonder if any drink is too much. You have a long-standing addiction to alcohol and deep down, you know that," Judge Rielly said. "Alcohol is not for everyone, and perhaps it's not for you." From a starting point of one year in prison, reduced to eight months with credits including his early guilty plea, the sentence was converted to four months of home detention. Phillips was disqualified from holding a licence for 18 months and was encouraged to apply for residential treatment for alcohol addiction. * This story originally appeared in the New Zealand Herald .
