One Less Drunken Teenager in Pleasanton Tonight

There will hopefully be one less drunken kid barfing in Daddy's Lexus tonight thanks to an intrepid Lucky supermarket checker who singlehandedly thwarted the heist of a cheap bottle of booze Tuesday afternoon.

Holding the bottle o' rum rather triumphantly, the employee's win was the talk of the checkout staff around 5:45 p.m., as she described confronting the thief out in the store parking lot. (Kids, don't try this at home, as police likely would NOT recommend this type of citizen's arrest.)

She reportedly told the kid to hand over the bottle or face jail, saying the store camera would have his car license plate recorded. (Whether or not that's the truth or just a really great bluff remains to be seen.)

He handed over the Capt. Morgan and hightailed it out of Dodge.

Another checker who witnessed the incident told this shopper that summertime is high time for alcohol shoplifting by hard partying Pleasanton teens. She commented that the least they could do is to, "find someone to buy it for them" and lamented that the bust would probably only force them to do some drugs instead of drink.

Anyhow, chalk one up for eagle-eyed grocery store clerks. Keeping Pleasanton's streets at least a little bit cleaner.