FBI -- 'Significant' Amount Of Money Stolen From Brinks Office
Arizona Coin Collector
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Monday, January 19, 2008
'Significant' Amount Of Money Stolen From Brinks Office
By Laurie Omness
Published: January 18, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio-Federal authorities are investigating
the theft of a significant amount of money from a
local Brinks office Saturday night or Sunday morning.
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Federal authorities are investigating the theft
of a significant amount of money from a local
Brinks office Saturday night or Sunday morning.
Police said the break-in occurred at the Brinks
facility on Essex Avenue sometime between 7 p.m.
Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday, when someone used a
blowtorch to gain access to the building.
FBI sources tell NBC 4's Lauren Diedrich that
someone carved an opening in the roof and took rolls
of coins that were wrapped in Brinks labels and
stored on pallets in the one-story building.
Authorities wouldn't give details on how much money
was missing but said that the coins included rolls
of Susan B. Anthony dollars.
The FBI is working on the case because some of the
money belongs to federally-insured banks, which
makes the theft a federal crime. Columbus police
and firefighters are also investigating. The
Columbus Division of Fire is involved because the
blowtorch means of entry set off a small fire that
brought engines to the scene.
Authorities will not say if the fire interrupted
the thief or thieves or if they were gone when
the fire call came in at 11 a.m. However, officials
said it took several hours to remove the coins.
Police would not describe the type of security used
to protect the building.
But, the theft surprised the lone residential
occupant on the block on Essex Avenue where the
Brinks building is located. Bobby Lee Jr. said he
has watched the trucks come and go for years. "You
never would've dreamed somebody tried to rob them.
I would say it's like Fort Knox, you would think."
FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas would not say how
much the burglars got away with, but did say the
amount was "significant." A reward of up to $10,000
is offered for information leading to arrests in this
case; call Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-645-TIPS.
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sgt23
wrote:
> FROM:http://www.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/local/article/burglars_crack_columbus_b...
>
> Monday, January 19, 2008
>
> 'Significant' Amount Of Money Stolen From Brinks Office
>
> By Laurie Omness
>
> Published: January 18, 2009
>
> COLUMBUS, Ohio-Federal authorities are investigating
> the theft of a significant amount of money from a
> local Brinks office Saturday night or Sunday morning.
>
I wonder if Brinks was using its own system which they sale to the
public? Or is their another brinks company that sales the security
systems seperate?
RWF
news:a5d6ee22-da22-410e...@j35g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
>I wonder if Brinks was using its own system which they sale to the
>public? Or is their another brinks company that sales the security
>systems seperate?
Sarge, for someone who claims to be 28 years of age, you should know the
difference between "sale" and "sell".
Your continued mangling of the English language only serves to further
your reputation as a semi-literate moron.
Mr. Jaggers
As both a lifelong learner and a career educator, my philosophy is that
"Hope Springs Eternal." The moron is he who, when having his errors made
clear to him, continues to refuse improvement. It is never too late to
start learning, just as it is never too late to continue learning. If sgt23
wishes to improve his vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and syntax, there are
many avenues available to him. But it is he who must take the initiative.
We observers can only offer the occasional suggestion for that improvement.
James
Arizona Coin Collector
Check out how many coins was taken.
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$10,000 reward set in Brink's burglary
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 3:11 AM
By Theodore Decker
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
The FBI has received "some good tips" about the
weekend theft of several thousand pounds of coins
from a Brink's Inc. facility, an agent said
yesterday.
"We're confident we're going to get it resolved,"
said Harry Trombitas of the FBI's Columbus office.
A $10,000 reward has been offered for the
identification and arrest of the thieves who
broke into the company's building near the state
fairgrounds, at 1362 Essex Ave., just west of
I-71 and south of 11th Avenue.
The burglary was discovered about 9 a.m. Sunday
when employees showed up for work, Trombitas
said. It happened sometime late Saturday or
early Sunday.
Few details about the burglary have been
released. According to Columbus police, the
thieves cut a hole in the roof of the building
to get inside.
The thieves used a blowtorch to gain "limited
access" to a cash vault where some cash was
taken, according to the FBI. They also went to
the "coin room," where they removed a
"significant amount" of coins.
"They were certainly professional enough to pull
it off, to the point where they were able to get
into the vault, get coins and get away," he
said. "There's some level of sophistication there."
Authorities would not say how much money was
stolen, but Trombitas said about two pallets
of boxed coins were missing. Authorities said
they were a mix of dollar and half-dollar
coins.
Each pallet likely weighed about 3,000
pounds, Trombitas said.
A dollar coin weighs just over 8 grams,
according to the U.S. Mint. If all 6,000
pounds of coins had been dollar coins, the
thieves would have netted about $340,000. A
half-dollar, according to the Mint, weighs
11.3 grams. If all the coins were
half-dollars, a 6,000-pound haul would be
worth about $120,000.
Calls to Brink's Inc. headquarters were not
returned yesterday.
Calls to the local office were greeted with a
voice-mail message that it was "experiencing
some difficulties currently." An employee
fielding calls at another office said only
that the phone lines in the Columbus office
were down.
Trombitas would not say whether the thieves
disabled phone lines or alarm systems, or what
kind of security Brink's has at the site.
"It's safe to say they have security measures
there," he said. "In general, it's a very
secure location. It's not uncommon for them to
have sums of money on hand."
Trombitas said the investigation was
two-pronged.
"We always take a look at individuals on the
inside as well as on the outside," he said.
According to Columbus police records, four of
the six crimes reported at the building since
2003 involved embezzlement.
"They were certainly professional enough
to ... get into the vault, get coins and
get away."
Harry Trombitas
FBI special agent
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RWF
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
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> RWF wrote:
>> "sgt23" <bravesfa...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:a5d6ee22-da22-410e...@j35g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
>>> I wonder if Brinks was using its own system which they sale to the
>>> public? Or is their another brinks company that sales the security
>>> systems seperate?
>>
>> Sarge, for someone who claims to be 28 years of age, you should know
>> the difference between "sale" and "sell".
>> Your continued mangling of the English language only serves to
>> further
>> your reputation as a semi-literate moron.
>
> As both a lifelong learner and a career educator, my philosophy is
> that "Hope Springs Eternal." The moron is he who, when having his
> errors made clear to him, continues to refuse improvement.
If anything, sarge's mangling of the language gets worse, not better,
with each succeeding post.
mazorj
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
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One wonders if his apparent difficulties in securing a good job with a
good future partly are the result of his difficulties with proper
language use. I'd hate to see his resume and job application letter.
You'll never be given an opportunity to walk the walk if you can't
talk the talk.
RWF
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> I'd hate to see his resume and job application letter.
I'm sure he uses his best Crayola's.
Mr. Jaggers
When one's resume is in a stack of, say, 100 resumes, someone in personnel
fairly quickly reduces that stack to around 10 or so. There are many
perceived flaws that will cause one to be culled out, never to be offered an
interview, and poor language skills are one of them. Amazingly enough,
though, many who have embryonic language skills somehow still manage to
survive that process and get hired. Over my teaching career I was regularly
shocked at some of the gross language errors made by some of my colleagues,
even in the English department.
James
James Weston
enough,
though, many who have embryonic language skills somehow still manage to
>survive that process and get hired.
Especially the semi-literate niggers, due to Affirmative Action
Mr. Jaggers
[plonk]