Federal authorities have launched extra particulars and unsealed fees within the theft of greater than 2 million dimes earlier this 12 months from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the cash from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
The truck driver was sure for Miami when he pulled right into a parking zone to sleep on April 13. Throughout the night time, thieves made off with a portion of its cargo of $750,000 in dimes, a cargo weighing about six tons, authorities had mentioned earlier.
1000’s of cash have been left scattered all around the lot in northeast Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reviews that prosecutors contend that the theft — which they now say totaled $234,500 in stolen dimes — was a part of a spree of robberies from tractor-trailers passing via the area that additionally netted the thieves frozen crab legs, shrimp, meat, beer and liquor.
Detectives mentioned on the time that surveillance video confirmed six males, wearing grey hoodies and armed with bolt cutters, approaching the truck in the course of the night time and breaking into it, then loading the cash into smaller baggage and right into a ready truck.
The indictment unsealed Friday alleges that after the theft, 1000’s of dimes have been transformed into money at coin machines in Maryland or via deposits to a minimum of 4 completely different suburban Philadelphia banks, the newspaper reported.
4 Philadelphia males — 25-year-old Rakiem Savage, 31-year-old Ronald Byrd, 30-year-old Haneef Palmer and 32-year-old Malik Palmer — face conspiracy, theft, theft of presidency cash and different fees.
Messages searching for touch upon the costs have been despatched Monday to attorneys for Savage and Malik Palmer; court docket paperwork don’t checklist attorneys for Byrd and Haneef Palmer, and a message couldn’t be left at a quantity listed for the latter.
