a genious at work

[another bucky]

A Waunakee teen allegedly took more than $95,000 worth of property while burglarizing a home, but spent stolen silver coins at a McDonald's without realizing they were worth $300 apiece, authorities said. <

Bradley A. Roche, 16, whose case was waived from juvenile into adult court on Wednesday, was charged with burglarizing a home in Waunakee while the owner was away in April. <

According to a criminal complaint file in Dane County Circuit Court, Roche admitted to entering the home through an unlocked side garage door three times between April 18 and 22. He took, among other items, several silver collector coins that were stored in a safe inside a walk-in closet, a complaint states. <

Also stolen were nine watches, 18 pieces of jewelry, a cell phone, a mini CD player, about 50 CDs, several bottles of liquor, a digital camera and four Tiger Woods commemorative golf ball sets. <

The homeowner told police the total value of the items was $95,641. <

Roche told Waunakee Police Lt. Joseph Peterson that he and two others took the jewelry to pawn shops in Rockford, Ill., the complaint states. <

But he told Peterson he didn't realize the silver coins he took were worth $300 apiece until one of his friends looked them up on the Internet. By then, he said, he had already spent them on food at McDonald's, the complaint states.


Roche is scheduled to appear in court June 10. <

-Ed Treleven

from:
http://www.madison.com/wisconsinstatejournal/local/75655.php

[gpond]

A friend of mine owns a convenience store. One of his employees recently accepted an old $100 silver certificate in payment at the store. He knew he had something, but wanting to find out how much it was worth, he took it to the local bank and asked them it's value. They looked up the serial number on a list they had and informed him it was stolen. The owner showed up shortly and exchanged it for a common $100 bill. The police were alerted to check the security video at the convenience store to identify the perp.

[hoarder]

Gpond,
Why did the owner exchange it for a common 100 dollar bill?

[gpond]

I assume the $100 was a reward for returning the certificate.

I don't know what year the bill was, nor it's condition, nor it's worth. I hope it wasn't damaged too badly by the incident, but I have to assume it was worth considerably more than $100 to warrant such a generous reward.