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Authorities responding to a break-in at a Virginia liquor store apprehended an unlikely suspect: a drunk raccoon. The raccoon broke into the Virginia ABC store in Ashland, Virginia, in the early ...

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HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia ABC has posted a new advertisement highlighting the drunken raccoon that broke into the Ashland ABC store over the weekend. Virginia ABC has released promotional ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The story of a raccoon breaking into a Virginia ABC store in Hanover County and passing out drunk in its bathroom garnered national attention — and now, there’s video of ...

Authorities responding to a break-in at a Virginia liquor store apprehended an unlikely suspect: a drunk raccoon. The raccoon broke into the Virginia ABC store in Ashland, Virginia, in the early ...