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# Man arrested for stealing $22 bottle of whiskey from Broadway Vons
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/120707-story-20071207-4/
- Published: 2007-12-07T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T04:17:40.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28, AT 11:50 A.M. A suspect walked into the Vons at 710 Broadway and grabbed a $22 bottle of Jim Beam whiskey, hid it underneath a shirt and walked out without paying for it, police said. He was detained by store employees and arrested by police for burglary. The suspect was identified as Ervin Bernard Scott, 46, a transient. His bail was set at $20,000.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 7, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/120707.pdf?ref=smdp.com)