04-06-2011, 10:00 AM
Tips lead Lincoln police to suspected vacuuming bandit
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The vacuum remains at large, but Lincoln police ticketed a man who they believe used one to suck a bunch of quarters out of several apartment house laundry machines.
After surveillance photos from the March 4 laundry room theft were released Friday, police received three tips via Crimestoppers that identified the suspect as William Logan Jr., 40, 5709 Hartley St.
Officer Katie Flood said police contacted Logan on Tuesday morning and cited him on suspicion of misdemeanor theft.
The owner of an apartment building near 48th and Holdrege streets installed a camera in the laundry room after noticing someone had been stealing quarters from the machines, according to a police report.
On March 4, at about 3:40 a.m., a man entered the laundry room. He had a mountain bike in tow and was wearing a blue backpack, which contained a vacuum. The video shows the man prying open the coin tray, plugging in the vacuum and sucking out the change.
Flood said Logan, who has three prior theft convictions in Lincoln, no longer had possession of the vacuum when police ticketed him Tuesday.
http://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-...4818a.html
The vacuum remains at large, but Lincoln police ticketed a man who they believe used one to suck a bunch of quarters out of several apartment house laundry machines.
After surveillance photos from the March 4 laundry room theft were released Friday, police received three tips via Crimestoppers that identified the suspect as William Logan Jr., 40, 5709 Hartley St.
Officer Katie Flood said police contacted Logan on Tuesday morning and cited him on suspicion of misdemeanor theft.
The owner of an apartment building near 48th and Holdrege streets installed a camera in the laundry room after noticing someone had been stealing quarters from the machines, according to a police report.
On March 4, at about 3:40 a.m., a man entered the laundry room. He had a mountain bike in tow and was wearing a blue backpack, which contained a vacuum. The video shows the man prying open the coin tray, plugging in the vacuum and sucking out the change.
Flood said Logan, who has three prior theft convictions in Lincoln, no longer had possession of the vacuum when police ticketed him Tuesday.