He then took the approximately 50 empty beer crates, which he lifted into his car on at least five trips, to a supermarket 15 kilometers away and collected a deposit. But: A surveillance camera filmed him during the thefts, the judge noticed and wanted to know the reason for all of this. “I have a dog and he needed surgery because he broke his paw. “That was also a complicated break that plunged me into a financial crisis,” said the previously blameless local.