Off The Beat: A half gallon of Colt 45 and a sandwich makes a pretty good snack?

VERO BEACH — A four-pack of Colt 45 and a chicken bacon ranch sandwich sounds like a pretty good midnight snack, don’t ya think?

A 32-year-old Vero Beach man may have come to the same conclusion.

Problem is, Vero Beach police say he didn’t pay for the suds and sandwich before walking out of a 7-Eleven about 12:50 a.m. Dec. 22, an arrest affidavit states.

A 7-Eleven employee told investigators he informed the man he needed to pay, but the man ignored him.

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He is accused of pilfering a four-pack of 16-ounce containers of Colt 45, a malt liquor beverage. That equals 64 ounces, or a half gallon.

Colt 45 made headlines in 2016 when Billy Dee Williams returned to represent it in ads. Williams, who played smooth-talking Lando Calrissian in the “Star Wars” franchise movies, had been the Colt 45 brand ambassador for five years beginning in 1986, according to a USA TODAY article.

With a higher alcohol content than other beers, Colt 45 has a slogan, “It works every time.” Critics of the ad slogan suggested the beverage might be used to get women intoxicated rapidly, according to the USA TODAY article.

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Meanwhile, the alleged malt liquor and sandwich thief ran from police, but they reported nabbing him after he tried to hide in some bushes.

Investigators recovered a bag of Colt 45 (one container was open) but mention wasn’t made of the chicken bacon ranch sandwich, which likely combines chicken, bacon and ranch salad dressing.

The 32-year-old man was jailed on charges of retail theft and resisting arrest without violence.

It could be said, perhaps, that Colt 45 didn’t work this time.

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