The ACNS Blog » Humor http://www.accoins.org/blog Atlantic County Numismatic Society Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:24:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Man uses vacuum to pilfer coin-op laundry machines http://www.accoins.org/blog/2011/04/06/man-uses-vacuum-to-pilfer-coin-op-laundry-machines/ http://www.accoins.org/blog/2011/04/06/man-uses-vacuum-to-pilfer-coin-op-laundry-machines/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 03:50:01 +0000 jasonogrady http://www.accoins.org/blog/?p=268 This fella had an interesting idea about how to get coins — for free: he’d vacuum them out of the laundry machines in his apartment. Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up!

This is an odd convergence of ingenuity and idiocy: a man tried to clean out (tee hee) the coin coffers of an apartment laundry room with a backpack-mounted vacuum cleaner. He netted $20! And was then arrested.

The saddest part of this story? The local news report’s claim that he “no longer has the vacuum.” Well now he’s just going to have to steal one of those too! Also noted is his prior criminal record, including the theft of “an artificial Christmas tree from the Salvation Army and 32 pallets from Super Saver.” This man is clearly the Lex Luthor of petty, strange, Midwestern crime. He even sort of looks like a supervillain. [KETV via Neatorama]

Tip: Gizmodo

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I sure hope not…

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