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https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/ma...n-collectionA man was sentenced to 60 years in prison for stealing a "valuable coin collection" from his elderly father-in-law, according to the Williamson County District Attorney's Office.
Christopher Alan Young, 56, of Pearland, was found guilty Wednesday of theft of property from an elderly individual, a first-degree felony. A Williamson County jury also imposed a $10,000 fine.Young stole the collection, valued between $141,000 and $240,000, while helping his in-laws prepare to relocate. The coins had been amassed over 60 years during the victim's career as a United States Air Force colonel and pilot.
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Keep that scum locked up!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Agree it is not nice to do that to an older person .
But 60 years !!
Sort of like killing a mosquito with a grenade !
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When confronted by the family, Young fled Texas. He was arrested outside a Louisiana casino resort less than a month later following a coordinated effort between Texas and Louisiana law enforcement.
Remember the house always wins.
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Agree it is not nice to do that to an older person .
But 60 years !!
Sort of like killing a mosquito with a grenade ! Maybe the judge was a collector himself hence the harsh sentence. "The coins had been amassed over 60 years during the victim's career as a United States Air Force colonel and pilot." |
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On Aug. 21, 2022, it said, relatives discovered coins in the collection were missing. The missing items included $85,000 in gold coins, $19,500 in silver coins and $19,400 in dollar coins. They also included $5,000 in commemorative coins, the affidavit said.
Young's wife told police that when she asked him if he had taken the coins he reacted "defensively and angrily," the document said. It said she later found a check he deposited in their joint banking account from a coin business in Pearland. She then went to the coin business and verified through sales transactions that Young had sold more than $10,000 of her father's coins to the business on at least three occasions, the affidavit said.
Young's wife also found out her husband had sold her father's coins to a coin business in Georgetown, according to the affidavit. Further investigation revealed that Young had sold more than $3,000 of his father-in-law's sterling silver Norman Rockwell plates to the same coin business, the document said. It said Young also sold more than $1,300 of his father-in-law's coins to a gold business in Taos, New Mexico. The dates that Young sold the coins corresponded to the dates he had stayed at his father-in-law's home for family events or vacations, the affidavit said.
Young's father-in-law told police he never gave permission for Young to sell his coins, according to the affidavit. It said he told police the coins "were to be part of my retirement and some college money for my nieces and nephews left after settling my estate."
A Texas Department of Public Safety investigation revealed that Young had stolen the coins over several months and sold them to jewelers and precious metal stores in Georgetown, Pearland, Las Vegas and other cities throughout the southern United States, the news release said.
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I have no mercy in my heart for a thief. Most of all one that would take advantage of an elderly victim. Its a sad reflection of the times that thievery is so accepted and glossed over.
I used to work retail security part time and to this day can tell when someone is thieving at a retail store by the way they set up their cart, with the items they set up with, and by their body language.
We dont know why this Judge gave the guy so much time. Its likely he was a repeat offender, had a prior prison record, and did something to tick off the Judge like ducked on the court. I'm ex-USAF myself and anyone that flies airplanes for his country only to get robbed of his coin collection certainly angers me. When it comes to prisons and jail offenders my motto is "build the walls higher". An offender who robs an honest man who worked hard to build a coin collection deserves to rot in prison as far as I'm concerned.
Ive gotten burglary offenders, armed robbery offenders, home invaders, some heavy time but never 60 years. I once got an 18yo 60 years for a shoot out I had with him, 18yo and it was already strike three with him. His 3rd felony conviction at 18 yo.
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