APRIL 24–A South Dakota man was arrested yesterday afternoon after he pushed past police and firefighters so that he could “save” his beer inside an apartment building that was aflame.
Michael Casteel, 56, was collared outside his home, a multifamily residence in Sioux Falls. As emergency workers were treating other building residents for injuries, Casteel, cops say, persisted in trying to reenter the building (seen above) to retrieve beer from his apartment.
Casteel succeeded in returning to his home, where he grabbed two cans of Bud Ice Premium, cops say. Upon exiting the building with cans in hand, Casteel was arrested for his ill-advised beer run.
A police spokesperson charitably described Casteel’s devotion to his suds as “poor judgment.”
Casteel, charged with obstructing a firefighter or law enforcement official, was booked into the Minnehaha County jail

Fuck this police spokesperson for labeling this guy’s action as poor judgement. I mean it is, but you can’t say its not impressive and a total showing of love and devotion. What when you hear stories of a mom lifting the front end of a 1 ton car to save her child would you call that poor judgement? No, exactly. You’d just say it’s one of those examples of super human abilities that come over a person to save the thing they love. That’s what this guy showed. Probably ran from down the street and busted in there with out a beat. Also, feel like its a safe bet he only saved 2 coming out of the fire cause he drank the 3rd one in the house fire. Guy was probably sweating bullets when his kitchen is set ablaze but doesn’t matter cause he has a nice Bud Ice Premium to quench his thirst. Just an impressive feat that he’s getting unfairly arrested for. It’s his house, he should be able to run in there to save his loved ones. I mean if your a cop and a fire fighter, you should either put up a better fight or just marvel at his iron tough will to recover his beers. Just sit back and watch. There goes my hero, watch him as he goes.