An illegally run business in Kent has been shut down after a months-long investigation revealed the business had been purchasing stolen alcohol from other Kent stores.
A Kent Police Department (KPD) investigation began after a tipster reported the two business owners of the Golden Steer Restaurant, a 35-year-old Federal Way woman and a 33-year-old Kent man, were purchasing stolen alcohol, KPD announced.
The months-long investigation uncovered there was a pattern in the business’s behavior which confirmed that the stolen products were being used within the restaurant.
Kent business owners paid for stolen goods
KPD gathered evidence that indicated the two suspects had produced lists of preferred items that others would steal, and the business owners would pay significantly reduced prices for the stolen products…