Beverages

The Red Bull Bandit

Thief walks off with $800 in drinks
FESNO, Calif. -- The Fresno, Calif., Police Department is asking the public's help to find a man who is suspected of stealing Red Bull energy drinks from two Fresno convenience stores.

Police say the man entersa store posing as a Red Bull representative, complete with logo shirt and clipboard, claiming he is swapping out expired cans for new ones. In at least one case, he walked out with cans worth more than $800 and never came back, according to various reports.

The man, identified as 42-year-old Charles Anthony Burkhalter, ripped off two stores Fresno, and police [image-nocss] believe Burkhalter may also be connected to other thefts of Red Bull drinks from convenience stores throughout the central San Joaquin Valley.

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