Wally the Beer Man NOT guilty
Minnesota's most famous beer man has been found not guilty.
Wally the Beer Man is free!
Just this morning, a jury found Wally the Beer Man--aka Walter McNeil, who has sold beer for the Twins for 40 years--not guilty of serving underage fans during a Twins game. Wally was one of seven beer operators caught up in a sting operation and suspended from Target Field last fall.
At the trial, Wally and his arch-nemesis, underage buyer Justin Pasquale, told very different stories. Wally admitted that he didn't ask two underage buyers for IDs, but said they volunteered that they were 21.
Peter Wold, Wallyl's attorney, argued that the buyers--who were working for the Minneapolis Police Department--engaged in entrapment by lying about their age and dressing to appear older than they were.
Pasquale testified that he never mentioned his age, and Wally never asked.
While Wally awaited trial, groups formed to support him, creating "Free Wally" T-shirts. Everyone seemed to know and support the famous beer man.
Though Wally was found not guilty on Tuesday, his co-vendor Ed Stepnick, a less famous face, was found guilty as charged.
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