14 junior high school boys suspected of using altered coins in vending machines
CHIKUSHINO, Fukuoka -- A 14-year-old junior high school boy has been reported to prosecutors and 13 others were questioned for using altered 5-yen coins to steal toys from vending machines here, police said.
The 14-year-old inserted several 5-yen coins, whose holes were filled, into a toy vending machine at a shopping center in Chikushino.
A security guard spotted him attempting to steal toys the same way at the shopping center later in the month.
Thirteen others who were caught committing similar thefts cannot be charged because they are under 14 years old.
One of them learned from a magazine article that they could steal toys from vending machines using 5-yen coins whose holes are filled, investigators said. (Mainichi)
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