MN State Fair Craft Beer Exhibit Robbed

This is really, unbelievably-shitty to hear.

I hope that everyone is okay!

 

How stupid to traumatize the victims for a little bit of money.

 

Fairs over hope all is well

 

Sad to hear but clearly they targeted one of the best and most lucrative attractions at the fair. I really enjoyed the way they did this event, preplanned flights loosely by style, samples only. Nobody was there just swilling pints and getting loaded - everyone was truly tasting a variety of MN beers and talking about them as they sampled.

 

The world is full of shitty people.

 

Man I hope this doesn't put an end to this exhibit. A definite high point of the fair and yearly tradition for me. Only a matter of time before they catch the perps.

 

Ever seen the line at Sweet Martha's Cookies?

 

Nope, I was at the Land of 10,000 beers exhibit drinking MN Craft Beer

 

I was there 4 days this year- went to the Land of 10,000 beers every day. How very sad.

 

Two suspects have been arrested.

 

Yes, suspects of the mother who claimed to be outraged after being questioned the night of the robbery (they were in the immediate area and fit the description of suspects).

"Meanwhile, a woman posted on Facebook on Sunday about the robbery, saying she was outraged that members of her family, who are black, were unjustly the target of police attention while they left the Fair.

The woman said she wept at the implied message to her son, "You're a man now. A black man. Don't you forget it," she posted. "I guess they had what they came for. Their names. Their (dates of birth). But they took something else that night."

 

How do you know it's the same Two guys? Couldn't find it in the article...

 

I was there on the 250k person day. Sweet Martha was pumping out cookies like gangbusters. It looked like a solid 100 people deep on alll sides.

 

http://www.twincities.com/statefair/ci_26453573/at-minnesota-state-fair-robbers-hit-craft-brewers

It strongly ties out.

 

Because it's Two black guys? I'm trying to see how 2 unnamed suspects, with no description other than they are black and were at the fair is it immediately evident that it was in fact the Two that were arrested.

In the first article it says the younger one had just turned 18 and they were presumed to be father and son. The actual men who where arrested the younger one is 20 and presumably not the son of the elder, who is 35.

From your posted article:

"When they asked if they were suspects, the officer said, "THEY are," indicating the woman's husband and the couple's teenage son, she wrote on Facebook. The woman has since deleted the post, and she asked the Pioneer Press not to name her.

The husband told the officer they weren't involved, and the family drove to their St. Paul home. About an hour after they went to sleep, there were "no less than seven cop cars at their house, several officers inside, one with an assault rifle" and officers pounding on the door, the woman posted.

Police asked for the names and dates of birth for the father and son, which they gave them. It was the son's 18th birthday."

 

The two suspects are not the same two that were questioned by police in the earlier article.

 

$104,000 in cash? Holy crap. How about a midday run to the bank?
http://ow.ly/BHp5y

 

Seems like a typo. Every other story is saying "at least $10,000"

 

I heard 104k on the news...