WOODINVILLE, Wash — A former employee was arrested on suspicion of breaking into and draining roughly 24,000 bottles of wine at a Washington winery in November 2023.
Police say on Nov. 22, 2023, a man broke into Sparkman Cellars Winery and opened valves of large containers of Sauvignon Blanc, which drained onto the floor, according to our news partners at KIRO.
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The winery said the bottles of wine were worth an estimated $600,000.
Officers arrested a man in his 60s who was identified as a former employee of the winery.
He was taken to jail and later released.
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