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04-23-2008, 02:43 AM
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Man Admits Stealing $10K In Postage Stamps Melcher Used Newspaper, Tin Foil To Trick Machines, Prosecutors Say

Posted: 9:49 am CDT April 22, 2008

Boston -- A New Hampshire man admitted Monday that he worked with several other people to steal more than $10,000 worth of stamps from vending machines in Salem, N.H., and Woburn, Mass.

Richard Melcher, 47, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit theft of property used by the U.S. Postal Service, the Lowell Sun reported.

Melcher and four other people allegedly stole $10,486 worth of stamps and other postal property between October and December 2006, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The stamps were stolen from vending machines inside the post offices, the paper reported.

Melcher used folded newspaper and tin foil to trick the machines' anti-theft equipment, prosecutors said.

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Stormtracker TF
04-23-2008, 03:00 AM
Dang, that's a lot of stamps.

OH Nuts!
04-23-2008, 05:21 AM
Guess he had A LOT to mail LOL!:lol:

(But it does sound like an ODD thing to steal...)

dlemond
04-24-2008, 11:51 PM
You think the charges will stick?

;)

catlover79
04-25-2008, 01:32 AM
Oh my goodness...:lol:

FOLrocks1
04-25-2008, 02:23 AM
Well those would come in handy when I'm trying to collect celebrity autographs!

80sTrivia
04-25-2008, 05:32 AM
You think the charges will stick?

;)

:lol:

robyrob
04-25-2008, 12:12 PM
mebbe he had a lot of letters to send to Nigeria.

Yooch
04-25-2008, 09:22 PM
What a dip#$%^!

InspectorExstead
04-26-2008, 01:49 AM
You think the charges will stick?

;)


:lol: that is a loooot of stamps!

HuntingtonM15
04-26-2008, 03:33 AM
Well those would come in handy when I'm trying to collect celebrity autographs!

Yeah, no kidding. It becomes quite an expensive hobby, especially when the price of stamps keeps going up.

catlover79
04-26-2008, 10:31 AM
Yeah, no kidding. It becomes quite an expensive hobby, especially when the price of stamps keeps going up.
Ditto...postage, gas, food - it sure isn't easy to keep up with the price of living. :mad:

Jude The Obscure
04-26-2008, 04:16 PM
Ditto...postage, gas, food - it sure isn't easy to keep up with the price of living. :mad:


yep, come May.....it goes up another penny!

We have to keep funding all those big wig bonuses, doncha know!:crazy:

catlover79
04-26-2008, 10:42 PM
yep, come May.....it goes up another penny!

We have to keep funding all those big wig bonuses, doncha know!:crazy:
Here's an appropriate quote:

"The rich get their ice in the summer, the poor get their ice in the winter." - Laura Ingalls Wilder