By Hubert Walker for CoinWeek ….
As of October 21, 2023, charges have been filed against four suspects in the Philadelphia-area theft of $234,500 worth of dimes on April 13. The crime occurred in a Wal-Mart parking lot where the driver of a tractor-trailer coming from the United States Mint had stopped to take a break.
suspects robbed other tractor-trailers in the area
would attack when parked for break
removed driver
opened back with bolt cutters
hauled opportunistic stolen goods off in white cargo truck
had to break open pallettes of dimes
put dimes in small bags
put dimes into coinstar machines in MD over the next weeks
also deposited in banks near philly
but the coins deposited and sold to coinstar were only a couple grand in face
Rakiem Savage, 25
Ronald Byrd, 31
Haneef Palmer, 30
Malik Palmer, 32
all four from Philadelphia
currently held by FBI
charged w/ conspiracy, robbery, theft of government money
could face dozens of years in prison
Sources:
https://coinweek.com/200000-in-dimes-stolen-from-truck-in-philadelphia-cbs/
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