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Roanoke Moonshiner Dee Stanley Ordered Out Of Business Again
ROANOKE AP William G Dee Stanley a Franklin County native and part time barber admits moonshining was profitable though he says he did it only a few weeks The 31 year old faces up to 20 years for operating an unregistered distillery after federal ATF and state officers raided a basement still under a garage at his home near Rocky Mount They seized two trucks and distilling equipment Stanley says he sold 60 to 70 cases of whiskey at about 6 gallons per case earning around 8000 before the raid He plans not to moonshine again citing insufficient profit and his wife and family pressures He blamed himself on growing up around stills and says there is less moonshining than in the past though it remains present in the area
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William G. “Dee
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Franklin County
U. S. Alcohol, Tobacco and “Firearms Bureau
Alcoholic Beverage Control
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Donald H. Hall
Virginia 40
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Roanoke World News
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