Pattern: Theft from Coin Machines/Devices
Victims/Targets: pay phones, vending machines, dart board and pool table games, arcade games, coin washer and dryers, newspaper vending machines
Perpetrators: usually drug addicts, may be juveniles, sometimes inside job – larceny by employees
Locations: wherever there are coin vending machines/devices requiring coins
Times: thieves target locations when no one is around
Entry/Approach Methods: no specific type associated with this crime
Tools: prying tools, sometimes smash machines, use special tools at times
Stolen Goods: coins, possibly will get bills in certain machines
Method/Motive: perpetrators will target unattended coin machines for quick cash -
severe vandalism sometimes accompanies activity, unsuccessful attempts are common
Query terms: coin, machine, vending, dart, game, pool, billiard, washer, dryer, newspaper
Suggestions: find out who is responsible for machines and advise them of methods to secure them/protect them from larceny/burglary, possibly install surveillance in some situations. This can be a serial crime - track previous offenders as well as larceny/burglaries/and vandalism related to coin machines/devices.
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