Girl Stole $2,500 of Stanley Cups As Craze Spikes: California Police

• Police in California mentioned a 23-year-old girl stole almost $2,500 price of Stanley cups.
• They recovered 65 objects from the suspect’s automobile.
• The most well-liked measurement of Stanley Quencher, essential merchandise for tweens, retails for $45.

Police in Roseville, California, mentioned a Sacramento girl openly stole almost $2,500 price of Stanley cups — the massively common ingesting vessels.

The police division mentioned that final Wednesday employees at an unnamed retail retailer in Roseville noticed a lady boldly loading a buying cart full of Stanley cups and leaving the premises with out paying for them.

Regardless of being confronted by workers, the 23-year-old suspect refused to cease and proceeded to fill the trunk of her automobile with the stolen merchandise, based on the police.

She was arrested on a cost of grand theft, police mentioned, with a subsequent search of her car resulting in the restoration of 65 Stanley merchandise — valued at almost $2,500.

Photos shared by the police division on Fb present the trunk of a automobile full of stolen merchandise — Stanley cups of various sizes.

The model’s block-colored cups, known as Quenchers, promote for $20 for the smallest model and $60 for the biggest. The most well-liked measurement — the 40-ounce Quencher— retails for $45.

The Metropolis of Roseville Police Division mentioned in a Fb submit on Sunday that: “Whereas Stanley Quenchers are all the trend, we strongly advise in opposition to turning to crime to meet your hydration habits.”

As Enterprise Insider beforehand reported, although Stanley has existed since 1913, it gained newfound recognition final 12 months when influencers began showcasing the cups on TikTok.

Since then, the hype has continued, with the corporate’s merchandise being a much-gifted current for tweens this Christmas.

Movies posted on TikTok present buyers speeding to shops to attempt to purchase limited-edition variations of the cups.

Whereas the big water bottles could seem to be all the trend proper now, a youth-consumer-trends analyst informed BI that the cups could quickly develop into uncool.