Homeless Guy Arrested for Stealing Coins from Fountain
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Man arrested for stealing coins from hotel fountain
Tonya Root – troot@thesunnews.com | Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2009
A 56-year-old homeless man was charged with petty larceny after police saw him stealing coins from a hotel fountain, according to a police report.
Louis Grate was charged after two officers on patrol at 11:12 p.m. Monday saw him laying on the sidewalk taking coins from the fountain at the Breaker’s Resort at 2008 North Ocean Blvd., police said.
When Grate saw the officers he threw the money back into the fountain and tried to run away, according to the report.