Parking Meter Attendant Stole $120,000 - Quarter By Quarter

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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. -- A former parking meter attendant accused of stealing $120,000 -- quarter by quarter -- has pleaded guilty to embezzlement and has promised to pay most of it back.

Vincent J. Howard agreed in court Tuesday to repay $70,000 within 30 days and $30,000 more over the two years that he will be on probation.

Macomb County Circuit Judge Richard Caretti also ordered the 50-year-old Howard to spend six months on an electronic tether.

Howard, who worked for the Detroit suburb of Mount Clemens for 23 years, was arrested last year after police raided his home and found thousands of dollars in coins. They also found $500 in Howard's car and $2,000 in a city-owned car he used on his rounds.

"He said he took $500 every two weeks for 10 years to pay bills," said county Assistant Prosecutor Steve Steinhardt. "But I think he used the money to more than supplement his income."

Howard now works as a $9-an-hour laborer for a fence company.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/05/25/man_steals_120000_quarter_by_quarter/

wiser and he'd have been very, very wealthy.

I did the math

:rofl:

Just to be sure.... :beer: Dayquill

You should do it in your head. Not with a calculator.

Especially when I have to crane my neck to reach the 7 :banghead:

from carrying all that extra weight around?

chink . .. chink . . . chink . . . chink . . . chink :evilgrin:

It smells like ... quirkiness ... weirdness ... insanity ... fuck I dunno! Whadaya want from me?

And it didn't cost him a dime.