A liquor retailer in Stoneham, Massachusetts is open once more after the motive force of a black Cadillac drove by its entrance door. However issues are somewhat extra sophisticated than that.

The Cadillac was being pushed by 54-year-old John Bacigalupo, a person with alleged mob connections who was as soon as convicted in a 1996 slaying in Revere, gave the impression to be alright after the crash. Definitely, he was effectively sufficient to get out of the automobile, stroll into the shop and assist himself to some chips, a Budweiser, sip some costly bourbon, and smoke a cigar earlier than the police arrived on the scene.

Stoneham police informed CBS Boston that they had been initially known as to the shop for a report of a housebreaking alarm. As soon as they arrived on the scene, they noticed the automobile crashed into the shop and positioned Bacigalupo inside, close to the money registers, smoking his cigar.

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Police say that Bacigalupo informed them that he had a gun and “mentioned that they wanted to shoot him whereas motioning behind his again to his waistline.”

Police didn’t shoot and, as a substitute, tasered Bacigalupo. Regardless of that, he fought them off and hit an officer within the face earlier than they may place him in handcuffs. Because of this, he now faces fees of breaking and getting into, assault and battery of a police officer, larceny beneath $1,200, and extra. Bacigalupo, who beforehand served 13 years for homicide, is now being held on $100,000 bail.

Thankfully for the homeowners of Speedy Liquors, repairs weren’t too tough and the shop is open once more. The homeowners seem to have a humorousness about the entire occasion, too.

“Our in a single day ‘drive-thru renovation’ didn’t go as deliberate so we may have a delayed opening on Saturday, January eighth, and ask that you simply bear with us whereas we’ve got our retailer repaired,” Speedy Liquors mentioned on a Fb put up that’s now not public.

Lead picture credit Speedy Liquors @ fb