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Family Ties Forever! · 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!

(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...

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

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Originally Posted by dlemond

You think the charges will stick?

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

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Originally Posted by dlemond

You think the charges will stick?

that is a loooot of stamps!

HuntingtonM15 · 04-26-2008, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by FOLrocks1

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

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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.

Jude The Obscure · 04-26-2008, 04:16 PM

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Ditto...postage, gas, food - it sure isn't easy to keep up with the price of living.

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

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

catlover79 · 04-26-2008, 10:42 PM

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

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

Here's an appropriate quote:

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

04-23-2008, 03:00 AM	#2
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04-23-2008, 05:21 AM	#3
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	Guess he had A LOT to mail LOL! (But it does sound like an ODD thing to steal...)

04-24-2008, 11:51 PM	#4
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