Crime & Safety
Liquor Store Burglary Estimates Near $10,000
Police still investigating leads, but inventory of stolen product is about $10,000 according to store owner.
It hasn't been a happy new year for the Fischer family, who owns Muskego Beer and Liquor, and now there is a dollar figure to their loss.
Sometime overnight on Jan. 2 store was burglarized, and police have been looking into various leads, but also asking for the community's help.
The department said the break in occurred between the hours of 9 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday and at first Craig Fischer, family member and owner of the store, could only guess at the amount of items taken.
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However, reports stated that at least 50 cases of top-shelf liquor was taken in the incident at a cost of $8,660, but Fischer said that he since inventoried additional losses, bringing that total closer to about $10,000.
Reports state the suspect or suspects broke in, damaging a door to gain entry to the basement. If you have any information, you are asked to contact Muskego Police at 262-679-4130.
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