coins stolen from father through Coinstar to buy crack

[henrysmedford]

From--http://fox61.com/2016/11/16/son-puts-valuable-coins-stolen-from-father-through-coinstar-to-buy-crack-torrington-police/

TORRINGTON — Police said a man stole a valuable coin collection from his father and put it through a Coinstar machine at a local supermarket in order to get money to buy crack cocaine.

Police said Leonard Rinaldi, 53, of Torrington, was arrested on larceny charges in connection with the theft of thousands of dollars worth of valuable coins from his father.

The coins, worth $8,000, were reported stolen on October 11. Police said Rinaldi told them he stole the coins, took them to a CoinStar machine at a Stop and Shop and received approximately $60 dollars for them. He then told police he used the money to buy crack cocaine. Police said he has a lengthy criminal record. He was living at home with his father at the time of the theft.

Authorities said they have video of Rinaldi at the CoinStar machine and that many of the coins – that were not rejected by the machine because of their silver content – have been recovered. Police said they don’t know where the rejected coins ended up.

Rinaldi is being held on $10,000 bond and is due back in court on December 14 to enter a plea.

[chris6084]

Keep a lookout at our coinstar finds to see who posts about finding an entire collection in the reject tray!

[highroller4321]

Keep a lookout at our coinstar finds to see who posts about finding an entire collection in the reject tray!

Article said most of the rejected silver coins were recovered.

[TXSTARFIRE]

and that many of the coins – that were not rejected by the machine because of their silver content – have been recovered. Police said they don’t know where the rejected coins ended up.

They must have been able to open the machine to recover the stolen coins before the machine was emptied and the coins sent to the coin company.
The coins that were recovered were the ones not rejected according to the article.