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73-year-old Shriner busted with ‘apple pie’
This story out of Charleston is funny enough on it’s own, but it was lines like: “Call it the case of the mischievous moon-Shriner, an investigation pitting fuzz against fez” that really made it for me. That and the idea of an apple-pie moonshine concoction … here’s the story by Glenn Smith from The Post and Courier:
A sweet-tasting grain alcohol concoction has an elderly Shriner and his girlfriend in trouble with the law after officers caught them hawking Mason jars of the brew at a temple party, authorities said. Call it the case of the mischievous moon-Shriner, an investigation pitting fuzz against fez. On March 15, undercover officers were sent to the Omar Shrine Temple on Patriots Point Road after receiving a tip about illegal booze sales at a party there, police said. Officers found Janie Broome, 55, selling Mason jars full of brown liquid from the back of a Chevy Suburban outside the temple. The vehicle was owned by her boyfriend, C.A. Gatlin, 73, a longtime Shriner serving as master of ceremonies for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Hillbilly Clan #82 celebration, according to a police report. The undercover team purchased two jars full of the drink known as “apple pie,” a mixture of grain alcohol boiled with apple cider, apple juice, brown sugar and cinnamon sticks, police said. Each jar sold for $20. Investigators seized five Mason jars from a cooler in the Suburban and another 58 jars from the couple’s home in Hanahan, police said. Sgt. Steve Meadows said officers didn’t charge the pair right away because they wanted to figure out just what was in the mixture. They have determined it was have determined it was store-bought booze mixed with other ingredients at home. Investigators plan to charge Broome and Gatlin with illegal sale of a legal liquor, Meadows said. Reached by phone Tuesday, Gatlin said he and Broome were on vacation and didn’t want to answer questions until he returned home. He then hung up. While undercover officers were at the party, they saw two men smoking marijuana outside the building and three more men passing a joint in a car, according to police reports. Officers arrested the party-goers, seized a small amount of marijuana and nabbed one of the men for possession of mushrooms as well, police said. Verle Bohrn, recorder for the Omar Temple, said all the illegal activities occurred outside the building itself and that the Omar Shrine Temple doesn’t condone this behavior. The event was open to the public, and none of the people arrested on drug charges belong to the century-old local organization, he said. Gatlin has been with the Shriners for 30 years or more, and the “apple pie” sales likely won’t affect his status. “He might get a slap on the wrist a little bit, but that’s about it,” Bohrn said.
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