Don’t Steal the FBI’s Beer

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Jeffrey Michael Drach, 20, and Justin Wesley Case, 21 learned an important lesson today in court: don’t fuck with the FBI’s beer. The pair were sentenced to two years in jail yesterday in Orange County after breaking into an FBI agent’s house last November on a beer run. The agent was home at the time and fired on the two as they fled in a car.

The men entered the Yorba Linda home Nov. 18 through a partially opened garage door, the Orange County District Attorney’s office said. The FBI agent — identified only as James M. – entered the garage and identified himself as a law enforcement officer and ordered them to stop.

The agent briefly struggled with one of the men before both fled in a car. James M. shot at the car as it drove away but neither man was injured.

Drach’s attorney said the men entered the garage only to steal beer. The men fled before taking anything, said Deputy District Atty. Keith Bogardus.

Seriously, what does a 40 of King Cobra cost these days? Two bucks? Two years in jail seems like an awful lot for trying to boost some beer — unsuccessfully — but if you’re too cheap to pay for a Bud Light or two you deserve what you get.

This guy, on the other hand, should be released from prison to a hero’s welcome.