An expensive bar tab is definitely what you’re looking at.
A caretaker assigned to protect vintage whiskey valued at $100,000 is facing prosecution after allegedly consuming it all.
John Saunders, aged 62, is set to go to trial, accused of drinking over 50 bottles of the premium spirits within a year.
He was responsible for safeguarding the century-old valuable bottles while living as a tenant in a historic inn located in Pittsburgh, as revealed during a preliminary hearing last week.
Patricia Hill, the owner, discovered the concealed liquor, hidden away during prohibition, when she purchased the historic manor.
In March, she made a startling discovery: all the bottles had been drained.
Following a seven-month police investigation, the landlord pressed charges against her prior tenant, whose DNA was reportedly found on the bottles.
According to police chief Barry Pritts, “There were four cases, 52 bottles, produced by a now-defunct distillery based in the Township that closed many years ago.”
“Someone stashed it under a stairway and enclosed the staircase, and the estate changed hands several times.”
“The current owner was renovating when the workers stumbled upon them.”
Saunders, who asserts he did not consume the alcohol, remarked that “the whiskey likely evaporated over time, and considering its age, it was probably no longer good.”
Ms. Hill had intended to donate the bottles to a museum.
