Man arrested after beer stolen early Wed.
A man was arrested early Wednesday morning after he was accused of stealing beer from a Kangaroo and carrying brass knuckles.
While inside the Kangaroo on Southwest 34th Street, Garrett Kautz, 19, asked the store clerk if he would call the police if Kautz stole a beer from the beer case he was standing in front of, the Gainesville Police Department arrest report stated.
According to the report, after the clerk walked away to call law enforcement, he saw Kautz leave the store with a large bulge in his front pocket.
When a GPD officer found him, Kautz was walking away from the store and carrying a can of Steel Reserve. According to the report, the officer found two pocket knives and brass knuckles in his pockets.
The store clerk told the officer that Kautz was trying to sell a pocketknife and the brass knuckles. Kautz was charged with an open container violation, petit theft and carrying a concealed weapon.
