{"id":323826,"date":"2025-12-03T00:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/323826\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T00:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:10:09","slug":"raccoon-breaks-into-virginia-liquor-store-and-passes-out-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/323826\/","title":{"rendered":"Raccoon breaks into Virginia liquor store and passes out inside"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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An inebriated raccoon was taken into custody after allegedly breaking into a Virginia<\/a> liquor store on Black Friday, partaking in what officials have deemed a “liquor-fueled rampage.”<\/p>\n

A trail of smashed liquor bottles led police to the masked suspect<\/a>, who was found passed out in the sploot position on the Ashland business’s bathroom floor, according to Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter.<\/p>\n

In an embarrassing photo shared by authorities, the plastered procyonid<\/a> could be seen lying next to a garbage can and toilet.<\/p>\n

The town later identified the four-legged intruder as “Cole,” noting he may need a ride home after the “wild weekend.”<\/p>\n

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A raccoon, later identified as “Cole” was found passed out in a liquor store bathroom after breaking bottles and becoming intoxicated, according to officials. (Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter via Facebook)<\/p>\n

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Officials said police brought the furry bandit to the animal shelter to sober up.<\/p>\n

“After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer,” officials wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n

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A raccoon broke through the ceiling of a Virginia ABC store, smashing a number of liquor bottles before passing out in the bathroom. (Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter via Facebook)<\/p>\n

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The shelter added there is no footage of the incident<\/a>, as the raccoon entered the building through the ceiling and “took the cameras down with him.”<\/p>\n

Police have not yet released a motive for the trash panda’s invasion<\/a>, though they responded to the animal shelter’s statement<\/a> with a GIF of TV talent judge Simon Cowell clapping.<\/p>\n

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It is unclear what led the furry creature to break into the establishment. (iStock)<\/p>\n

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Cole could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital for comment.<\/p>\n

Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital journalist who covers breaking news, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.<\/p>\n

She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An inebriated raccoon was taken into custody after allegedly breaking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,1625,32501,51962,85406,182147,128,4899,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-323826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-lifestyle","11":"tag-mammals","12":"tag-odd-news","13":"tag-police-and-law-enforcement","14":"tag-robbery-theft","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-virginia","17":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}