Cab drivers hunch helps in Michigan stolen coin case
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Battle Creek police are looking for two burglars after a local cab driver said he was paid with stolen coins.
"We knew we had a burglary," said Detective Jeff Coons of the Battle Creek Police Department, "but until he called the next day, we wouldn't have any idea who took the stuff or where they took it to."
Police said the break-in was at a home on Graves Street. The owner was away but his brother saw two young men leaving the house about 12:45 p.m. Monday and chased them. The men escaped.
Police found coins and keys scattered on the sidewalk and determined that several rare silver coins were missing.
Investigating Officer Esteban Rivera had few leads, Coons said until the next day when the driver from City Cab called 911 and then came to the police station.
The driver, 48, told police he picked up two young boys on Greenwood Avenue and took them to the Felpausch Food Center at 1603 Capital Ave. N.E. in Pennfield Township where they paid for the ride with coins.
The driver later realized the coins were not worth $1, as the boys said, but were rare silver coins worth about $20 each. Suspecting something was wrong, the cabbie called police.
Police said nine coins were taken and one was found near the house, two were recovered from the cab driver and six were found in a coin machine in the grocery store. Police also obtained pictures of the suspects from a store security camera and are looking for the youths.
"Without the cab driver we wouldn't have had any leads," Coons said, "and we would not have recovered the coins. This kind of thing only happens with honest people and that is what this guy is."
Coons said the driver decided something was wrong after taking a good look at the coins.
"The more I thought about it, I knew this wasn't right," Coons said the driver told him.
Coons said the driver, who couldn't be reached Wednesday by the Enquirer, turned down $2 to cover the cost of the fare but did receive a reward from Coons.
"I had some paczkis and he said he would take one of them," Coons said.
"We knew we had a burglary," said Detective Jeff Coons of the Battle Creek Police Department, "but until he called the next day, we wouldn't have any idea who took the stuff or where they took it to."
Police said the break-in was at a home on Graves Street. The owner was away but his brother saw two young men leaving the house about 12:45 p.m. Monday and chased them. The men escaped.
Police found coins and keys scattered on the sidewalk and determined that several rare silver coins were missing.
Investigating Officer Esteban Rivera had few leads, Coons said until the next day when the driver from City Cab called 911 and then came to the police station.
The driver, 48, told police he picked up two young boys on Greenwood Avenue and took them to the Felpausch Food Center at 1603 Capital Ave. N.E. in Pennfield Township where they paid for the ride with coins.
The driver later realized the coins were not worth $1, as the boys said, but were rare silver coins worth about $20 each. Suspecting something was wrong, the cabbie called police.
Police said nine coins were taken and one was found near the house, two were recovered from the cab driver and six were found in a coin machine in the grocery store. Police also obtained pictures of the suspects from a store security camera and are looking for the youths.
"Without the cab driver we wouldn't have had any leads," Coons said, "and we would not have recovered the coins. This kind of thing only happens with honest people and that is what this guy is."
Coons said the driver decided something was wrong after taking a good look at the coins.
"The more I thought about it, I knew this wasn't right," Coons said the driver told him.
Coons said the driver, who couldn't be reached Wednesday by the Enquirer, turned down $2 to cover the cost of the fare but did receive a reward from Coons.
"I had some paczkis and he said he would take one of them," Coons said.
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<< <i>rare silver coins worth about $20 each >>
<< <i>Ok what is a paczkis? >>
They're just like jelly donuts. Very common in New England.
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<< <i>Ok what is a paczkis? >>
They're just like jelly donuts. Very common in New England. >>
Cop's with doughnuts? SHOCKER!
Looks like rare silver dollars got some "circulation"
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<< <i>Ok what is a paczkis? >>
They're just like jelly donuts. Very common in New England. >>
Singular Noun is Paczek (pohn-check)
Plural Noun is Paczki (punch-key)
Paczki (punch-key) Day is the feast of plenty before the Lenten fast begins. It is the last day of gaiety in Karnawal time, the period between Christmas and Lent. This is the time for sleigh parties called Kulig. To mark the last moments of excess before the austerity of Lenten sacrifice, Polish Roman Catholics celebrate Paczki Day.
On this day the traditional deep fried pastries (something like jelly doughnuts) are enjoyed throughout the world's Polonias. This joyous activity precedes the Gorzkie Zale (lamentation services) of Lent in Polonian churches. In Poland, Paczki Day takes place the Thursday before Ash Wednesday, called Tlusty Czwartek (Fat Thursday). Long lines form in front of the bakeries in Polonia, and millions of Paczki are sold.
In United States Polonia, Paczki Day takes place the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, traditionally called Fat Tuesday in Carnival. Polish American bakeries also supply Paczki in the hundreds of thousands that day. Often in American Polonia, Paczki Day is celebrated with polka dances. In Roman Catholic grammar schools throughout American Polonia, children enjoy Paczki at school on that day."
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i was raised roman catholic (still am) and went to a polish based grade/high school/church in bay city, MI.
we basically only ate these one time frame during the year. i disliked the filling and prefered
them plain or lightly coated with sugar.
http://www.baycityststans.com/history.html