Video --> Lincoln police are investigating the theft of two gold coins, worth about $1400 each
Arizona Coin Collector
Seeing the video on the link below, I
find it hard to believe that a Coin
Dealer had to answer the phone, when he
has gold coins out on the counter. I
am sure he is wiser now after getting
rip-off. This is not a "smash and grab",
but a "distract and grab" theft.
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FROM:
http://www.1011now.com/news/headlines/70433912.html
Crimestoppers: Lincoln Police Investigate Theft of Gold Coins
Lincoln police are investigating the theft of two gold coins, worth about
$1400 each.
Posted: 8:58 AM Nov 20, 2009
Reporter: Jon Vanderford
Email Address: jon.van...@1011now.com
Lincoln police are investigating the theft of two
gold coins, worth about $1,400 each. They were
stolen from a Lincoln store that specializes in
coins, collectibles, and the purchase of scrap
gold and silver.
Police say on Friday, November 13th, just after
5 p.m., a man walked into Lincoln Coin and
Bullion, LLC and asked to see some coins. In
the store surveillance video from that day,
you can see the man looking over the merchandise.
But when the store owner turns away for just a
moment, the man can be seen grabbing the coins.
Then he walks briskly out the door.
The store owner says once the suspect left the
store, he ran off to the right, and ended up
running down a hill, and finally over a fence.
Store owner Scott Olson says he's frustrated
with the loss of the coins, together worth
around $2,900. "I think one was from 1904, it
was a Liberty type $20 gold and the other one
was a 1927 St. Gauden's $20 gold," Olson says.
Police say the suspect may have created a
diversion to pull off the theft. "It's thought
that he may have had his own phone in his
pocket and was dialing the store's phone,
which caused it to ring," LPD Officer Matt
Tangen says. "Therefore, the owner would be
distracted and would have to step away."
Olson says the suspect was in his store a few
days earlier. Surveillance video from Tuesday,
November 10th provides a good look at the
suspect's face. Olson hopes the video is clear
enough to generate some new leads. "Since he
was in town Tuesday at least through Friday,
I'm thinking he was possibly a local person
or somebody who was around enough for
somebody to recognize."
If you know the suspect in this case, call
Crimestoppers.
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