Four Men Arrested for Stealing 2 Million Dimes from Truck, Charged with Conspiracy and Robbery

Four culprits nabbed in string of 18-wheeler heists, including a major dime heist stolen from tractor-trailer carrying US Mint coins; suspects laundered stolen coins via Coinstar machines and local bank deposits.

Rakiem Savage, Ronald Byrd, Haneef Palmer, and Malik Palmer were arrested and charged with conspiracy, robbery, and theft of government money for stealing over 2 million dimes from a truck carrying coins from the U.S. Mint.
The group reportedly carried out a series of 18-wheeler heists, wherein they also stole frozen crab legs, shrimp, meat, beer, and liquor from several cargo trucks.
The major heist involved a truck carrying around $750,000 worth of dimes parked at a Walmart in Philadelphia. The robbers were able to make away with $234,500, leaving coins scattered across the lot.
These thieves laundered the stolen coins by converting them to cash at Coinstar machines in Maryland and depositing it in multiple banks in suburban Philadelphia.
Besides being linked by surveillance footage, the quartet were caught because they texted about each heist and used identifiable vehicles, including a Dodge Ram rented by Savage's father and a white box truck purchased by Byrd.
The defendants now face several criminal charges, including theft of government money and robbery interfering with instate commerce. If found guilty, they could receive long prison sentences.