NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. (WHDH) – Police are investigating after thousands of dollars worth of bottles were found smashed inside a liquor store in North Andover and now the owner is thanking the community for the outpouring of support.
“They went aisle by aisle and just trashed, trashed, trashed,” said Bill Buco, owner of McAloon’s Liquors.
Cellphone video shows the scene he found. Shelves once filled with liquor bottles smashed and emptied out in the aisles.
His son, Chris Buco, said, “It was bottles up to your ankles.”
The incident taking place right before one of the busiest days of the year for the business, New Year’s Eve.
“That’s the whole thing, not one thing was stolen, not a lottery ticket, not a bottle, not money, anything, just destroyed all my product, everything in the store,” Bill Buco said.
North Andover police say an officer who happened to be passing by …