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'Pepsi' machine that dispensed beer in Northeast        Photo:
Jennifer Donelan/WJLA        It looked like a soda machine in
front of an apartment building in Northeast D.C., but police say
it wasn't as advertised.        The Pepsi machine on Meigs Place
in Trinidad dispensed cans of beer for $3. When a neighbor
alerted police, they checked and discovered the working beer
dispensary.        If you put in your money, you could buy a Bud
Light, Bud Ice or a can of the original Schlitz Malt Liquor.
Anyone, no matter their age, could buy if they had the knowledge
and the money. It's still unknown as to who owned and operated
the machine, who stocked it and who collected the money.
Vanessa Sowells, a local landlord, said she complained to the
city for months. Later, after another resident alerted officers
to kids who were buying beers, a sergeant tested the machine
Tuesday night..        When a large can of beer popped out, he
disabled the mac