This heist suspect could be dwelling on borrowed dime.
An estimated 2 million dimes price a whole lot of hundreds of {dollars} had been jacked from a trailer in Philadelphia in a single day, in response to police.
Police made the invention round 6 a.m. Thursday morning exterior of a Walmart in Northeast Philly, the place hundreds of dimes had been littered throughout the car parking zone, WPVI reported.
About $200,000 price of dimes had been taken from the large rig. A complete of $750,000 in cash had been within the truck, police mentioned.
The truck driver had picked up the dimes from the Philadelphia Mint on Wednesday, however determined to park the truck within the car parking zone earlier than going house to get some sleep forward of his lengthy drive to Florida, WPVI reported.
Philadelphia Police Capt. Jack Ryan mentioned it is a widespread apply for truck drivers.
When the motive force returned to the car parking zone Thursday morning, the trailer door was open.
“They had been making an attempt to cross-load the dimes into different issues. There are dimes everywhere in the car parking zone,” Ryan mentioned.
In keeping with police, cargo thefts have been an ongoing concern within the space with all totally different sorts of things stolen — together with TVs, fridges and even hen.
Police are reviewing safety cameras from the car parking zone to establish a suspect.
