A COUPLE FROM CENTRE COUNTY WERE CAUGHT MAKING AND SELLING MOONSHINE.
IN A REPORT BY WJAC, POLICE ARRESTED GLENN AND BARBARA McCLEESTER FOR UNLAWFULLY PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING LIQUOR. THE REPORT SAYS THAT POLICE BEIELVE THE COUPLE HAS BEEN PRODUCING MOONSHINE IN THE PORT MATILIDA AREA FOR THE PAST THREE DECADES. IN 2021, POLICE SAID THAT AN ONLINE COMPLAINT TO LIQUOR CONTROL ENFORCEMENT ALLEGED THAT THE COUPLE WERE BOOTLEGGING. AN UNDERCOVER AGENT FROM THE BUREAU OF LIQUOR CONTROL ENFORCEMENT MADE 4 SEPERATE PURCHASES, PAYING $60 PER GALLON. AUTHORITIES SEIZED THEIR DISTILLERY AND ARRESTED THE COUPLE JANUARY 26th. THE McCLEESTERS ARE CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL SALES OF LIQUOR AND SELLING LIQUOR WITHOUT A LICENSE.
