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‘He’s living his best life’: drunk raccoon hit DMV for snacks before liquor store

A drunk raccoon passed out in a liquor store bathroom, and broken bottles in the store, on 29 November 2025, in Ashland, Virginia. amantha Martin/Hanover county protection via APA drunk raccoon passed out in a liquor store bathroom, and broken bottles in the store, on 29 November 2025, in Ashland, Virginia. amantha Martin/Hanover county protection via AP‘He’s living his best life’: drunk raccoon hit DMV for snacks before liquor storeOfficials say raccoon that broke into Virginia liquor store on 29 November had previously hit DMV and karate studioThe raccoon that barged into a Virginia liquor store, smashed bottles of booze and passed out drunk in a bathroom this past Black Friday has at least two other break-ins under his belt, a local government official has revealed. Before burgling the Ashland ABC store on 29 November, the raccoon had separately broken into a karate studio and a department of motor vehicles office, all on the same block of businesses, Hanover county animal protection officer Samantha Martin said on an episode of the local government’s official podcast published Thursday. Martin told Hear in Hanover that the raccoon had even eaten some of the snacks kept at the DMV in what perhaps presaged the boozy bender that the animal was later said to have gone on the day after the Thanksgiving holiday.“This is not the first time he’s been in one of the buildings,” Martin said on Hear in Hanover.

‘He’s living his best life’: drunk raccoon hit DMV for snacks before liquor store

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Key Highlights

  • “Supposedly, this is the third break-in he’s had.“Somehow he knows how to get back in … He’s a smart little critter.”Martin said on the podcast that it would be “a death sentence” to relocate the raccoon from his familiar environs.
  • So after the animal sobered up at a shelter in the wake of the drunken break-in, officials released it not too far from the liquor store, the karate studio and the DMV office. Martin told Hear In Hanover that she had mixed emotions over the raccoon’s ordeal.
  • On one hand, she hoped the raccoon “learned his lesson” about avoiding burglary and drinking responsibly.
  • But also, she remarked: “I just say: ‘Enjoy your life.’”“I think he’s living his best life,” Martin continued.
  • “And why not?
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