Beer bandit sought by police

Police are searching for a serial shoplifter believed to be responsible for stealing several cases of beer at area Speedway gas stations.

Nineteen cases of beer, valued about $300, were reported stolen from five Speedway stores between late Sunday afternoon and early Monday morning, according to Springfield police. At the most recent theft at the station on East Main Street, surveillance footage shows a tall man with a shaved head walking into the beer cave and removing several cases of Heineken before leaving the store without paying.