Mint worker gets prison for smuggling gold in his butt

NY Post ^ | February 3, 2017 | Joshua Rhett Miller

[Gamecock]

He really was sitting on a gold mine.

Leston Lawrence, a Royal Canadian Mint worker convicted of stealing 22 gold “pucks” by smuggling them in his rectum, was sentenced to 30 months in prison Thursday, the Ottawa Citizen reported.

“I’d just like to say thank you, sir, and that’s it,” Lawrence, 35, told Ontario Justice Peter Doody, who also ordered the former mint refinery operator to pay a fine of $145,900. “No further comment.”

Lawrence was convicted in November of stealing the gold pieces, worth more than $127,000, during a three-month period beginning in late 2014 and then reselling them and spending the proceeds. Lawrence, a mint employee for seven years before he was fired in March 2015, was planning a new home in Jamaica and sent roughly $25,000 to a contractor in the Caribbean.

[Organic Panic]

Well where else is he suppose to put it?

[Ezekiel]

I expected that this story would have come from Au, Oz.

[xp38]

Inspired by a certain watch and Christopher Walken.

[LydiaLong]

Ouch.

[SparkyBass]

Just taking his queue from Eddie Murphy

[xrmusn]

When he gets to the can and gets it in the can he will suddenly learn what else is not supposed to go in there.

Bubba & Co will figure he is loosened up just about right.

[ropin71]

Justice Doody?

[rpierce]

This reminded me of the best scene from Wreck-It Ralph. My daughter and I still bring this up and laugh about it years later: Wreck-It Ralph scene: Hero's Doody

[BlueMondaySkipper]

I worked at the mint once. They pay wasn’t that great but the employee discount was amazing!

[blueunicorn6]

Notice that he wasn’t stealing to feed his family.

He was stealing to build a vacation home in Jamaica.

[jr3000]

So I guess they had to wait overnight for the gold to come out.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Gamecock]

Some people are born with a golden spoon in their mouth.

Others, well, aren't so lucky.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Do they really want it back after it’s been there ?

[SgtHooper]

Yup! Nuggets galore!

[Oatka]

Dude was likely s**ting bricks when he was caught.

Reminds me of Bender's reaction in a Futurama episode (:12)

[bgill]

The things you learn on FR. Gold pucks are the size of a golf ball. They found Vaseline and gloves in his locker. Good thing he didn’t work at a gerbil shop.

[Gamecock]

Good thing he didn’t work at a gerbil shop.

After he gets out of prison that may be they only place that will hire him.

[Daffynition]

What can I say? *Leggo my bric.

[Daffynition]

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