Local moonshine icon busted again

A local icon in the world of moonshine-making is busted again. Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton is under law enforcement scrutiny for the second time in a year.

[Russell]

The key word is untaxed. That's what it's all about.

[brian c]

free popcorn! free popcorn! leave him alone! there is no telling how much money he has kept out of the governments dirty little hands. ha, ha, ha!

[Armed Citizen]

They should leave this guy alone, and take some of this money the ATF is wasting and work on our immigration problem.

[Bubba]

I think they should leave the guy alone. I'd love to have a jar of moonshine myself. I like it and have drank it in the past not to get drunk on just a sip evry now and again. Good Luck Popcorn I hope you get out of this mess

[Bubba]

And besides I'm sure there's enough meth labs and crack cocain business going on around there and in my opinion that stuff is a lot more dangerous than moonshine ever will be

[Bubba]

He had to pay taxes on the corn didn't he

[Shady Lady]

Did we just turn tne clock back to 1960? Why now? Why Popcorn? ATF has been aware of moonshine in Cocke Co. forever.

[briceville]

ITS BETTER THAN WHAT YOU BYE IN THE STORES.HE MUST HAVE FORGOT TO PAY HIS LOCAL SHRIFF.,OFF

[Dr Lizardo]

For the love of heaven!! A moonshiner!! How can I sleep at night knowing these reckless rebels run wild on the roads. Gimme a break, I agree with brian c: Free Popcorn! And ATF, try to do a little something about meth labs instead of wasting my money shaking down some poor guy who's a master of the art of moonshining, part of my culture as a hillbilly.

[mama of 2]

Moonshinin' seems harmless to me. Why can't they just turn a blind eye to this man?

[tina]

I think they should leave him alone, afterall they let murderers, drug dealers out to walk the streets everyday. Heck the drug dealers are trustees at the cocke county jail and come and go as they please. So why bother "popcorn".

[chris]

yea why arent the ATF guys cracking down on the meth labs for ..non-taxed item?
heck leave the man alone, at least what he is doing, its a legal substance, just because it isnt taxed doesnt make it illegal!!
go find some of these crack makers, meth labs, get THAT off our streets

[Cue]

All he has to do is say to the "Man".

This is not moonshine it is corn E-85 fuel efficient gasoline for my tractor. Then ask -- don't I get a tax rebate for going green?

They look and taste the same and the tractor probably would run on it for a short distance too.

[Dandridge couple]

Leave him alone. The agents need to be out stopping dangerous people instead on messing with an old man trying to make a living. He only makes good moonshine and not some rot gut poison Take it from someone who knows. Find a way of legalizing it

[smilet]

leave him alone,poor guy i really enjoyed watching his videos.

[law man]

He should be put under the jail. He is a criminal conducting criminal activity. Besides the poor people in Iraq need all the tax dollars we can generate!!

[Karen Kywonder]

Leave Popcorn alone! Clean up the CRANK HEADS, and CokeHeads where the real harm is ! They HURT others as well as thereselves! He is a legend , one who will live on in Tn. History and folklore. Remember moonshine is known as the fountain of youth. Many will live forever as this is known to prolong life in the elderly.

[EASY MONEY]

It's all about money boys and girls, the only reason they go after the Mafia, is over money. If you get down to the nity gritty, they don't care how many die from drugs or bullets just as long as they get the money. A mason jar of good corn is a real joy to sip on.

[Hmmm]

I read the story on wbir. It states he was fined
$3.00 is that right? Guess the judge that gave that fine got a big chunk of the moonshine.

[BRANDON STANLEY]

LEAVE THAT MAN ALONE DONT JUST GO AFTER HIM GO AFTER THE ONES WHOS BEEN LETTING HIM DO IT TO! POPCORN IS GETTING UP THERE IN HIS YEARS HE DOESNT NEED TO GO TO THE PIN AND SPEND THE REST OF HIS SHORT TIME LEFT THERE IVE SEEN ONE OF HIS VIDEOS THAT HE MADE AND HE IS ALSOME DOING WHAT HE DOES