Three months after that, he was picked up in a stolen car carrying safe-breaking tools in Parramatta.
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Karlson had been a criminal and a serial prison escapee. Two years later, after he had been locked up in McLeod Prison Farm on Victoria's French Island for another theft, he convinced a local fisherman to give him a lift to the mainland. He got out of his handcuffs and jumped off. He was on a train going from Boggo Road Gaol to face a breaking, entering and stealing charge at Maryborough Magistrates Court. He was also a part-time actor.īy the time he was 34, Karlson had spent most of his life in homes and prisons. The Brisbane police who arrested him that day didn't know that Karlson had been a criminal and a serial prison escapee. It was all put on for the cameras." The drama behind the rant "There was no fight getting him out of the car. "As soon as we drove away, he stopped and he said, 'That was fun,'" Firman says. The video of the rant has become so popular that a Google search for the phrase "succulent Chinese meal" now yields 10,000 more results than "delicious Chinese meal". Why did you do this to me? For what reason? What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?" See that chap over there? He… GET YOUR HAND OFF MY PENIS! This is the bloke who got me on the penis before. "Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!" Karlson declares to the cameras as he's wrestled into the police car. The lines Karlson delivered have since become classic quotes in internet culture. Well, as happy as you can be, to be arrested. "He was as calm as anything," former police detective Adam Firman says of the moment he arrested Karlson in the restaurant. Police surrounded the restaurant, corralled the waiting media (who had somehow gotten wind), and interrupted Karlson's lunch. Then, perhaps pushing for a quick capture, he reported Karlson as one of Queensland's most wanted. But Karlson enjoyed the meals and his frequent returns had aroused the attention of a fraud investigator working for American Express: someone had been paying the restaurant using stolen credit cards.Īccording to a police detective, the investigator asked a restaurant worker about one of the names on the stolen cards, and the worker pointed at Karlson. Had the food been plain, history could have played out very differently. He'd been there so many times that he'd often get a complimentary drink. On 11 October 1991, Karlson was treating a friend to lunch at one of his favourite local restaurants.
He even cameoed in a popular music video.īut the video's millions of viewers don't know the history of its star. There are t-shirts, stubbie holders, wine, pins, magnets and mugs quoting his rant. Online, the one-minute video of his dramatic public defence has become legendary. The distillery attracts visitors seeking locally crafted spirits.To this day, Jack Karlson refuses to admit to using a stolen credit card at a Brisbane Chinese restaurant. KO is proud to be one of more than 1200 craft distilleries in the US and one of only 50 in Virginia. After their initial offering of unaged craft whiskey and gins in 2015, Bill and John realized their goal of producing their first aged spirit, Bare Knuckle American Wheat Whiskey, in November 2016. Since breaking ground in 2015, Bill and John have turned KO Distilling into a state-of-the-art production facility and local attraction in Manassas, VA. Upon retiring early, the question became, “what next?” Neither one satisfied with sitting idle, in 2013 Bill and John set off to create craft spirits with local ingredients, high-quality production methods, and a passion that they were excited to share with their local community. Later, both had successful careers in the defense contracting industry. Both initially sailed in the merchant marine and served in the United States Navy Reserve. After graduation, Bill and John went their separate ways but followed similar paths. They met as classmates and cadet midshipmen at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) and have been friends ever since. Lifelong friends Bill Karlson and John O’Mara are the K & O in KO Distilling.
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