Detectives are hoping to cash in on tips from the public in
their effort to find who stole 183 boxes filled with rolled nickels totaling
$18,500.
The boxes were stolen during a house party Feb. 15 in
Monterey, a gated community in North Naples.
Collier County Sheriff’s Office detectives are releasing
images of the missing boxes and rolled coins in the hope someone with
information will contact the Sheriff’s Office.
The white and blue boxes measure 10 inches long x 4 inches
wide and are the size of a large brick. Each box can hold up to 50 rolls, or
tubes of coins. Each box has 50 holes on top for each coin roll. Some of the
boxes are hand numbered in black ink.
Detectives are asking the public to be especially alert at
places where someone would go to redeem change such as at banks and grocery
stores with coin counting machines.
The nickels were among multiple items stolen during the house
party. The other items include a .12-gauge shotgun, a .45-caliber firearm and
miscellaneous ammunition.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Collier County
Sheriff’s Office at 239.252.9300, or to remain anonymous and be eligible for a
reward call Crime Stoppers at 1.800.780.8477 (TIPS).
