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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Trucker missing; so is cargo of 3.6 million nickels
2005-01-09
A truck driver has disappeared with the 3.6 million nickels he was hauling to the Federal Reserve Bank in New Orleans, police said Friday. Angel Ricardo Mendoza, 43, picked up the coins, worth $180,000, December 17 from the Federal Reserve in New Jersey and was supposed to haul the cargo -- weighing 45,000 pounds -- to New Orleans for a trucking company subcontracted by the Federal Reserve, police said. On December 21, Mendoza's empty truck and trailer turned up at a truck stop in Fort Pierce, Florida.
Minus the nickels, we take it?
Good luck trying to trace them ...
Miami-Dade police, the FBI and the Federal Reserve police are investigating. "We are concerned for his safety because he's missing," Miami-Dade Detective Randy Rossman said. "We suspect foul play. We are concerned and we are still investigating." Mendoza lives in Miami-Dade County but has no family in the area. Police said he has a wife in Cuba.
Posted by:God Save The World

#9  Has anyone check the parking lot of one of those Indian river boat casinos in Pasagoula, Mississippi?
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2005-01-09 10:44:25 PM  

#8  "Hey big boy,are you happy to see me,or is that a roll of coins in your pocket?" "Funny you should say that..."
Posted by: Stephen   2005-01-09 3:03:42 PM  

#7  One of the fun SS stories is of a nickel counterfeiter during the really big depression. Dumped about 5 tons in a lake to keep 'em safe. The SS did a cost analysis of his operation and figured it cost more than 8 cents each to manufacture.

This story may have grown in retelling.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-01-09 11:23:53 AM  

#6  Good luck trying to trace them ...

good luck trying to spend them!
Posted by: spiffo   2005-01-09 11:22:52 AM  

#5  Anyone check Sandy Berger's socks yet?
Posted by: AJackson   2005-01-09 11:20:41 AM  

#4  Jeebus! Nickels??? What, the penny shipment was too tightly guarded?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-01-09 10:47:33 AM  

#3  Not to make light of it or anything, but . . . anyone checked out the nickel slots in Reno yet?
Posted by: Mike   2005-01-09 7:44:02 AM  

#2  ..to New Orleans for a trucking company subcontracted by the Federal Reserve, police said.

Soooo....did anyone bother to investigate the assigned driver thoroughly before giving him the go-ahead?
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-01-09 4:22:22 AM  

#1  What did he do: tuck all those coins into his pants pockets? I realize the look is droopy drawers, but this is ridiculous!
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-01-09 4:10:09 AM  

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