“While Stanley Quenchers are all the rage, we strongly advise against turning to crime to fulfill your hydration habits,” police said.

The craze for Stanley stainless steel drinking cups reached new levels last week when a woman was arrested and accused of stealing 65 of them, worth almost $2,500, from a store in California.

Police in Roseville, in Placer County, northeast of Sacramento, said Sunday that they were called Wednesday to a report of a theft from a store on Stanford Ranch Road in the city.

“Staff saw a woman take a shopping cart full of Stanley water bottles without paying for them. The suspect refused to stop for staff and stuffed her car with the stolen merchandise,” police said in a statement on Facebook.

    • Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca
      11·
      10 months ago

      I genuinely thought it was something to do with the NHL, like maybe mini commemorative replica cups or something. That at least would be interesting. This is just some weirdo stealing over priced thermos bottles.

    • eestileib
      9·
      10 months ago

      I had no idea and was very confused because the picture seemed completely unrelated, and I thought there was only one Stanley Cup…

      • SheeEttin@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        There are actually three Stanley Cups. One original, a newer one used for presentation, and one to sit on display while the presentation one is out and about (and as a reference in case something happens to the presentation cup).

      • limelight79@lemm.ee
        5·
        10 months ago

        The championship trophy in the NHL (National Hockey League, the premier North American hockey league) is “The Stanley Cup”.

          • signalsayge@lemm.ee
            2·
            10 months ago

            At first I thought this might be a hilarious dig on Canada since they haven’t won the cup since 1993… not sure if you’re serious.