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Teen Allegedly Steals 18,000 Pennies (Idiot Alert)
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| October 22, 2003
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Posted on 10/22/2003 1:17:03 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
ELKHART, Ind. - Detective Fred Mock knew exactly where to find a man suspected of stealing $180 worth of pennies.
David Headrick, 19, was caught dumping about 18,000 pennies into a coin-counting machine at a grocery store Wednesday, Mock said.
The pennies and a couple hundred quarters were taken during a robbery in which an 88-year-old man was tied up with a phone cord and punched in the head, Mock said.
"I got to thinking, `If I was a person who did this, I'd want to convert this to currency as quickly as possible,'" Mock said.
Headrick was held Thursday on preliminary charges of robbery and possessing stolen property.
Police were searching for an accomplice in Monday's attack on the elderly man in which the robbers demanded money to satisfy a $20 debt supposedly owed by one of the victim's relatives. Paramedics said the victim did not need hospital treatment.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: dope; dumbass; humor; incrediblystupid; pennies; s4ithead; whatsas4ithead
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To: stainlessbanner
Before we moved, wifey sat for hours rolling up all the spare change (about $175.00 worth) so I could embarrass myself by taking it to the bank.
She absolutely refused to pay the eight percent vigorish to those coin machines.
So...I took it to the bank and embarrassed myself; it would have been too much trouble to unwrap 'em all.
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posted on
10/22/2003 3:10:37 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Credito Facil !)
To: billbears
Just call him Hercule Poirot.
To: Flying Circus
Well, thieves can't be chosers. To do a twist on an old saying. :-)
But I'll bet it would have made a damn funny video to see him trying to get all those pennies out of that house. And it does make you wonder why he wasn't grabbing the TV and VCR and everything else instead.
To: RatSlayer
This is to everyone who is posting about this person.I don't condone what this person did, it would still be greatly appreciated if you would stop making fun of him though. He is my brother and he is mentally handicapped. You may think I'm joking or whatever but all i ask is that you stop. Thank you to those who actually do. Sincerely, Shanea Headrick
To: mestupsms; hellinahandcart; Owl_Eagle
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posted on
07/15/2004 5:23:49 PM PDT
by
Nataku X
(You hear all the time, "Be more like Jesus." But have you ever heard, "Be more like Muhammed"?)
To: stainlessbanner
Home invasion robbery & felony assault and battery charges stemming over a $20 debt ultimately netting $180 worth of pennies. This penny thief will get 15-20 years in prison.
Brainiac from the Planet Smartron.
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posted on
07/15/2004 5:26:07 PM PDT
by
The KG9 Kid
(Semper Fi)
To: mestupsms
"... He is my brother and he is mentally handicapped. You may think I'm joking or whatever but all i ask is that you stop." Can you tell us if they'll be taking him to prison on the little yellow bus with the retards, or the big white one with the 'normal' criminals?
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posted on
07/15/2004 5:29:29 PM PDT
by
The KG9 Kid
(Semper Fi)
To: Range Rover
You can still buy 10 penny nails at the hardware store by the pound.
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posted on
07/15/2004 5:31:54 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(Interests in common are commonly abused.)
To: mestupsms
Are you back again? Are you related to every idiot in America? Is there just one stupid gene and your family has a monopoly on it?
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posted on
07/15/2004 5:34:40 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(Interests in common are commonly abused.)
To: stainlessbanner
Kinda like trying to shoplift peatmoss. What a dumbass.
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posted on
07/15/2004 5:35:42 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Twenty-nine Helens agree: Promptness is very important.)
To: mestupsms
/me archives this for posterity in case the mod deletes the original comment...
This is to everyone who is posting about this person.I don't condone what this person did, it would still be greatly appreciated if you would stop making fun of him though. He is my brother and he is mentally handicapped. You may think I'm joking or whatever but all i ask is that you stop. Thank you to those who actually do. Sincerely, Shanea Headrick
Oh, no one doubts that mental illness runs in your family, honey.
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posted on
07/15/2004 5:36:59 PM PDT
by
Nataku X
(You hear all the time, "Be more like Jesus." But have you ever heard, "Be more like Muhammed"?)
To: stainlessbanner
Did you hear about the guy who has about a million pennies, but can't cash in the lot? One bank will cash them for 20%. The other will cash them if he brings them in quanitities of two rolls a day or some absurd limit like that.
To: mestupsms
Well, with respect, your brother tied up an elderly man with phone cord and punched him in the head, and you're asking us to spare his feelings? I'm thinking somebody needs to grow a sense of social responsibility here, my dear, and it isn't your brother.
To: RatSlayer
He probably didn't take the TV because he thought that a man that old probably didn't have cable, so what would the TV be worth?
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posted on
07/15/2004 5:44:24 PM PDT
by
Bernard
(Let Freedom Reign)
To: HungarianGypsy
To: Leroy S. Mort
Cool! Great update on that. My husband had told me the story when he heard it on the radio.
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