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