MAN STEALS FATHER'S $8000 COIN COLLECTION TO BUY $60 IN CRACK

Police in Torrington, Connecticut, say Leonard Rinaldi, 53, allegedly stole his father’s $8,000 coin collection, took it to a CoinStar machine at a convenience store, and received approximately $60 dollars for the coins. He used the money to buy crack. Police say Rinaldi, who has a lengthy criminal record, was living at home with his father at the time of the theft. Many of the coins have been recovered, though some were rejected because of their high silver content. Police said they don’t know where the rejected coins ended up.
* Check the soda machines in the convenience store.
* Wait – What are these things called coins, and why do they have value?
* Leonard needs to change.
* Crack? Now dad wants to crack his head with a baseball bat.
* Should have gone with stamp collecting.
* Another awkward Thanksgiving for the Rinaldi family.
* This young man is very lucky I’m not in charge of this planet.
* I was hoping crack was passé by now.
* Look at me with the fancy lingo.
* It was crack all right. A crack in his father’s heart.