Police: Pennsylvania man stole 300,000 pennies from employer
TAYLOR, Pa. (AP) — Talk about penny pinching: A Pennsylvania man is accused of stealing about 300,000 pennies from his employer.
Police in Taylor, just outside Scranton, have charged 34-year-old Robert Napolitan with burglary for taking a steel drum filled with $3,000 worth of pennies.
According to a criminal complaint, police say Napolitan loaded the drum weighing 1,600 pounds onto a hand truck at Pyne Freight Lines on Monday and rolled it to his Jeep.Tracks through the dust and a trail of pennies marked his path.
Police searched his Jeep and found pennies underneath the seats and floor mats.
Police say he admitted to taking the drum. No lawyer information is listed in court documents.
Napolitan is in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail.