Cheers to beer thief Ross

London – Friends actor David Schwimmer jokingly protested his innocence with a witty video after police in Britain asked the public to identify a grocery store thief with an uncanny resemblance to the Hollywood star.

Police in the seaside resort of Blackpool found their Facebook feed inundated this week with replies and merriment after they posted an image of a man allegedly stealing a crate of beer from a shop.

Commenters noticed the wanted man was the spitting image of Schwimmer, whose most famous and endearing character was the ever lovelorn Ross in the hit US sitcom Friends.

Police in Blackpool reassured the public their investigation had concluded Schwimmer had a solid alibi – he was in America.

But Schwimmer decided he would provide some hard evidence to back his claim, posting a video on his Twitter showing him in a US store. .. carrying off a crate of beers.

“Officers, I swear it wasn’t me,” he quipped. “As you can see, I was in New York.”