Well, you can't say this is one of those penny-ante crimes, no sirree. But here's the breaking news out of Philadelphia, where federal authorities have charged four men with stealing more than 2 million dimes earlier this year.
A truckdriver had just filled his trailer with the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, and he decided to take a little snoozaroni before leaving for Miami. While he peacefully dozed in a parking lot, thieves made off with some of the money, and left thousands of dimes scattered all over the parking lot.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says that prosecutors are saying the crooks got $234,500 in stolen dimes - that's 2,345,000 dimes — as part of a crime wave that also saw people - possibly that same gang - ripping off frozen crab legs, shrimp, meat, beer and liquor.
Police say they have a video showing six guys wearing hoodies breaking into the truck in the wee small hours of the morning and carrying dime bags to a smaller truck.
No, not dime bags. Bags of dimes. Fixed it.
The indictment says that the money was converted to dollars at coin machines in Maryland and deposits at banks in Philadelphia.
There's no truth to the rumor that the crooks were caught because someone asked them if they had change for the parking meter and they said, "Sure do!"
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