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#### PHRACK PRESENTS ISSUE 16 ####
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^*^*^*^Phrack World News, Part 5^*^*^*^
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**** File 12 of 12 ****
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"Phone Companies Across U.S. Want Coins Box Thief's Number"
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From the Tribune - Thursday, Nov. 5, 1987
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SAN FRANCISCO - Seven telephone companies across the country, including
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Pacific Bell, are so frazzled by a coin box thief that they are offering a
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reward of $25,000 to catch him.
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He's very clever, telephone officials say, and is the only known suspect in
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the country that is able to pick the locks on coin boxes in telephone
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booths with relative ease.
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He is believed responsible for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from
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coin boxes in the Bay Area and Sacramento this year.
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The suspect has been identified by authorities as James Clark, 47, of
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Pennisula, Ohio, a machinist and tool-and-die maker, who is believed
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responsible for coin box thefts in 24 other states.
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Other companies sharing in the reward are Ohio Bell, Southern Bell, South
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Carolina Bell, South Central Bell, Southwestern Bell, Bell Telephone of
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Pennsylvania and U.S. West.
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Clark allegedly hit pay phones that are near freeways and other major
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thoroughfares. Clark, described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, with shoulder
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length brown hair and gold-rimmed glasses, is reported to be driving a new
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Chevrolet Astro van painted a dark metallic blue.
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He was recently in Arizona but is believed to be back in California.
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Written by a Tribune Staff Writer
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Typed by the $muggler
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