$1500 Worth Of Beer Stolen From TIM "RIPPER" OWENS' Restaurant
February 1, 2016, 8 years ago
Tim Owens’ Traveler's Tavern - located in Akron, OH and featured last year on Spike TV’s Bar Rescue show - had about 70 cases of beer (worth $1500) stolen from an outdoor walk-in cooler over the weekend. The theft was discovered Saturday morning, reports Nick Glunt of Ohio.com.
“It’s a really sad thing that someone had to do this,” said Tim “Ripper” Owens, co-owner of the restaurant and music venue. “Any time you get ahead in a business and someone does this, it’s hard.”
Owens, who’s best known as the former lead singer of Judas Priest, said the outdoor cooler was protected with heavy-duty locks - but the thief or thieves mangled the door with what he guessed were a crowbar and a hammer.
As it turns out, the thieves stole from the bar on a significant night. The tavern, located at 2727 Manchester Road, had extra stock because of a wake it was hosting that weekend.
“I don’t think it had anything to do with the event,” Owens said. “I think it was probably an old employee or a regular who knew the cooler was back there and happened to steal that night.”
Further details can be found at this location.
