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How a Local Plumber Became One of Tennessee's Most-wanted Bootleggers

By Elizabeth Ulrich
Nashville Scene | May 30, 2008
The Alcoholic Beverage Commission swooped in on a stunned Randy Piper at the two cramped souvenir shops he runs in Lynchburg's sleepy town square. He doesn't know what they expected, but he does know what they confiscated: nearly $600,000 worth of his whiskey collection.
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Tags: ABC, bootlegging, Tennessee, whiskey, Alcoholic Beverage Control, collections, Jack Daniels, sour mash

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