Right you are!
Posted on 02/13/2022 4:49:29 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Today in “The Adventures of Florida Man,” one intelectually-challenged individual thought he had pulled off a major heist but then squandered it all away for a lack of due diligence and patience. The criminal stole rare coins and then cashed them in for a fraction of their actual worth. Peak Florida man right here.
Shane Anthony Mele of Riviera Beach, Florida, met Michael Johnson a few years ago through mutual friends. The 40-year-old Mele was down on his luck after his wallet was allegedly stolen and didn’t have a place to stay. Back in October, Johnson agreed to let Mele crash at his business office in exchange for help on a work project. Despite giving him a place to stay, Mele would end up robbing Johnson of his valuables.
On December 19th, Mele broke into Johnson’s North Palm Beach office and stole $33,000 worth of collectible coins. The commemorative presidential dollar coins were passed down from Johnson’s father after he died about six years ago. The office was ransacked and he stole other items as well. However, security cameras caught the moment Mele put blue tape over the lenses.
Mele was able to sell some of the coins for a few thousand dollars, but he grew tired of going to pawn shops. So the genius went to Coinstar machines and deposited the rare collectible coins and got face dollar for them. “He easily had $33,000 worth, and he dumped it in a Coinstar machine,” Johnson said. Shane Mele is definitely not a coin star.
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Floridaman, you cannot stop him; you can only hope to contain him.
This is why Aliens didn’t leave any stargates behind.
I would think that anyone who ended up with the coins would have to return them. Stolen property.
He got his fix for the night.
Cons in prison say there’s a lot of smart guys in here.
The silver dimes are about a quarter of a gram heavier than nickel clad dimes.
As an avid metal dectorist I must say that I have found most my silver in the coinstar slot. The weight on the old silver coins is rejected. I have also found silver dollars and a few errors coins as well.
‘The commemorative presidential dollar coins were passed down from Johnson’s father after he died about six years ago.’
I’m not up to speed on Commemorative Presidential Dollar Coins, but if they were high-silver or other precious metal content they could be worth what he says.
I plan to take up metal detecting when I retire. Right now I watch a weekly show called “The Hoover Boys” every Wednesday. They’re metal detectorists from Maryland, and it looks like they have a great time.
They're trying to IMPOSE Christian values without the rest of the instructions.
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
—5 Timothy 3:1-5
Right you are!
These are the guys I watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qOyvO9te3k
I know of a couple of buglers who stole a bunch of silver coins.
Spent them on beer and smokes
If these people were smart they wouldn’t be criminals
Sure, anything is worth only what someone is able to pay,
includes pennies, too.
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