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Man arrested for stealing gold coins from a blind person

MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
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How low can someone go?

TUALATIN, Ore. -- Tualatin police have arrested a man accused of stealing gold coins from his blind, elderly neighbor.

James Murphy, 44, was arrested after officers found four gold coins inside his home last week, police said.

Officers said he also stole prescription medication and jewelry from the 89-year-old woman, who reported $20,000 worth of gold coins had been stolen last Tuesday.


The jewelry has been recovered, but police are still working to recover 123 other gold coins. They are described as pre-1933 collectible European gold coins.

Murphy lives next door to the woman and police identified him as a suspect on the same day the theft was reported.

Murphy was arrested on charges of aggravated theft and booked into the Washington County Jail.

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    SilverEagles92SilverEagles92 Posts: 6,787 ✭
    What kind of Gold coins do you think they were?

    Sovereigns? Ducats?

    I agree, that is LOW. Slimeball.
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    GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭
    What a terrible guy. I hope the rest of the gold gets recovered
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    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    I hope there's a special corner of Hell reserved for scumbags like this.
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    goldboygoldboy Posts: 463


    << <i>They are described as pre-1933 collectible European gold coins. >>



    Hope she gets them back. The woman definetly has good taste when it comes to coins.
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    SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 9,961 ✭✭✭✭✭
    just your typical granny with a massive gold stash under her mattress......

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    p8ntp8nt Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭
    They won't recover the coins. They were sold to a local gold dealer who then sold them to a customer. The dealer has "no records or method of contacting the buyer."
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    GFourDriverGFourDriver Posts: 2,366 ✭
    <<<I hope there's a special corner of Hell reserved for scumbags like this. >>>

    If there isn't, there is no justice in this world.image
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    seatedcollectorseatedcollector Posts: 976 ✭
    i can only surmise, that hell isnt a four corner room, there are many many corners just waiting to be filled
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    gyocomgdgyocomgd Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭
    Let's see: 127 coins valued at $20,000.
    They average out to $157 apiece. Pretty lousy gold coins, or else very small.image
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    CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    Wouldn't it be funny if they found she had stolen the coins form some blind guy 50 years prior?
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, whatever the value, to steal from a blind, old lady, is really low... what a scumbag..... send him to prison and let it leak he is a child molester... I believe in hell on earth. Cheers, RickO

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