The winery shared exclusive surveillance video with KING 5 showing the suspect emptying roughly 5,000 gallons of its product.
WOODINVILLE, Wash. — A Woodinville winery is still cleaning up a disaster after someone broke into its facility and drained thousands of gallons of its product.
Not long after employees at Sparkman Cellars left for the Thanksgiving holiday, a masked person can be seen on surveillance video exclusive to KING 5, walking to a side door.
The King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) said the suspect gained access to the winery and barrel room using an employee keypad. Cameras show the suspect making their way to the back of the facility where the wine is produced.
Sparkman is one of Woodinville’s largest wineries and had just barreled all of its wine to age after a successful harvest.
Moments after the suspect can be seen entering the barrel room, a gush of white wine can be seen spilling out of a steel tank where the wine was waiting to be bottled. Even…
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