Homeless man stops robbery

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: ruffilb

Originally posted by: BigJ

"It had $700,000 to $800,000 inside," Dominick said Thursday evening of the recovered case. The contents included an 1879 U.S. gold coin worth $150,000 and a $10,000 bill valued at $75,000, he said.

"The blessing is that that homeless guy was there," said Dominick, who gave the man a $100 bill.

The missing briefcase and the second steel case, which weighed about 30 pounds, held $250,000 in merchandise, said Dominick, who previously sold a 1916-D Mercury dime for $128,800 -- the most ever paid for a U.S. 10-cent piece.

"I've offered a $100,000 reward," said the dealer, who runs Westwood Rare Coin Gallery in Naples and a New York suburb. "I'll do whatever's needed to get these guys in jail."

That's what pissed me off the most. $100,000 reward for the other case, and the homeless guy gets $100.

Fvck that.

Seriously. That's messed up.

QFT... if a homeless guy did that for me. I would check him into a YMCA, which I would pay for, buy him some nice clothes and a suit. Get him cleaned up, and see that he can get a job doing something. Of course if the homeless guy was totally brain dead from drugs and alcohol, there wouldn't be much I could do for him except give him a little cash and check him into a shelter. But seeing that the homeless guy attacked a robber knowing the guy was stealing, he probably had some sense left and could still be rehabilitated.

 

[z42]

Originally posted by: BigJ

"It had $700,000 to $800,000 inside," Dominick said Thursday evening of the recovered case. The contents included an 1879 U.S. gold coin worth $150,000 and a $10,000 bill valued at $75,000, he said.

"The blessing is that that homeless guy was there," said Dominick, who gave the man a $100 bill.

The missing briefcase and the second steel case, which weighed about 30 pounds, held $250,000 in merchandise, said Dominick, who previously sold a 1916-D Mercury dime for $128,800 -- the most ever paid for a U.S. 10-cent piece.

"I've offered a $100,000 reward," said the dealer, who runs Westwood Rare Coin Gallery in Naples and a New York suburb. "I'll do whatever's needed to get these guys in jail."

That's what pissed me off the most. $100,000 reward for the other case, and the homeless guy gets $100.

Fvck that.

+1

If the guy was a total cheapskate, I wouldn't be so ticked off, but the guy turning around and offering a $100k reward for the other stolen goods is a slap in the face to the homeless guy.

Link to the jerk's store info:
http://www.pcgs.com/dealer/dealer_info....specialtyid=18&specialty=World%20Coins

I'm sending him an e-mail asking why a "normal" person gets $100k but a homeless guy gets $100.

 

[Hossenfeffer]

I'd wager that the publicity generated from this will land the homeless guy a bunch of money and/or a job. If not from the dealer, then from others who wince at the $100 "reward" for saving the $800,000 of stuff.


edit: Hmm, except then we can expect to see rampant "Homeless Militia" activity, hungry homeless prowling the streets with their own brand of panhandling vigilante justice.

 

[kranky]

I happen to know a guy who knows the victims. When this occurred back in January, the victim had offered the homeless guy something in the neighborhood of $10K but the police talked him out of it, fearing weeks of trouble from homeless people being drunk and high. So he gave the homeless guy $100 on the spot, AND offered to pay for a full year of rehab, all the clothing he wanted, a place to stay for a year, and additional help to get back on his feet.

This info was known to the newspaper but they didn't print it.

Now, I realize I did not get this from the victim personally, but the person who told me I consider quite trustworthy and he did get it from the victim personally.

 

[PAB]

Originally posted by: kranky
I happen to know a guy who knows the victims. When this occurred back in January, the victim had offered the homeless guy something in the neighborhood of $10K but the police talked him out of it, fearing weeks of trouble from homeless people being drunk and high. So he gave the homeless guy $100 on the spot, AND offered to pay for a full year of rehab, all the clothing he wanted, a place to stay for a year, and additional help to get back on his feet.

This info was known to the newspaper but they didn't print it.

Now, I realize I did not get this from the victim personally, but the person who told me I consider quite trustworthy and he did get it from the victim personally.

No kidding?

I know Bandish.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: kranky
I happen to know a guy who knows the victims. When this occurred back in January, the victim had offered the homeless guy something in the neighborhood of $10K but the police talked him out of it, fearing weeks of trouble from homeless people being drunk and high. So he gave the homeless guy $100 on the spot, AND offered to pay for a full year of rehab, all the clothing he wanted, a place to stay for a year, and additional help to get back on his feet.

This info was known to the newspaper but they didn't print it.

Now, I realize I did not get this from the victim personally, but the person who told me I consider quite trustworthy and he did get it from the victim personally.

Sounds awesome then. Time to flame the paper!

 

[everman]

Everyone likes being generous with other people's money but not their own.

 

[imported_LoKe]

I'd pinch a coin from the case.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: someone16
Man that really sucks for the homeless man. Maybe the collectors should hire homeless people to defend their stash of coins instead. That'll be a win-win situation!

lol, not that I carry anything near that value in my car, but where I live, Downtown is pretty nice and has some cool things to do at night (in addition to the bars there is a nice theater where they have some pretty good plays, a couple of nice coffee shops, a nice sushi restaurant etc) the only downside is there is a park that the homeless people sleep in at night, and they always tell you some crazy story and ask for money when you pull up, so what I started doing when they start to tell me how down on their luck they are is tell them I'll give them $5 now and $5 when I get back if they'll watch my car and make sure no one dings it or keys it or something, and every time when I've come back the guy is sitting in the grass watching my car, so I consider it money well spent!

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: chickadee

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: pclstyle
Assorted handguns, skimasks (set of 2) - $500

Black luxury car, stolen - $0

Gasoline used tailing target for 100 miles - $10


Planning a heist for months and getting foiled (partially at least) by a homeless man with a right hook - Priceless

i think your gas price is off. shouldn't it be more like $30?

not in my car he wouldn't be.

through calculation (with current gas prices of $3) I realized for every $1 in gas I spend, I get 10 miles. so $10 = 100 miles. At least in a Mazda Protege.


poor homeless man he shudve gotten more. or stolen some coins himself outta that case

Who says he didn't take the other case???

Sh!t the way he was treated I almost hope that he did heh. I don't understand how saving an $800,000 briefcase is only worth a hundred bucks and a $250,000 briefcase is worth 100k.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: kranky
I happen to know a guy who knows the victims. When this occurred back in January, the victim had offered the homeless guy something in the neighborhood of $10K but the police talked him out of it, fearing weeks of trouble from homeless people being drunk and high. So he gave the homeless guy $100 on the spot, AND offered to pay for a full year of rehab, all the clothing he wanted, a place to stay for a year, and additional help to get back on his feet.

This info was known to the newspaper but they didn't print it.

Now, I realize I did not get this from the victim personally, but the person who told me I consider quite trustworthy and he did get it from the victim personally.

If this is true, it sounds like he tried to do the right thing, so props and my apologies for jumping the gun.

 

[kranky]

I can't blame anyone for flaming the victim given the way the story was reported.

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: RedArmy
I would be giving him like 50,000 dollars or something like that...plus waffles out the ass (if he was hungry).

Are ass-waffles really that great?

Better then $100.

Mmm, ass-waffles.

 

[thoro86]

he's supposed to get at least 10 % of the item's value

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: dxkj
more money in a case and he gets #$100

less money in a missing case and he fofers 100,000$ reward?

exactly what i was thinking

****** bullshit