Couple Jailed After Hitting ‘The Jackpot’

New Jersey Surveillance Video Police say the couple used a master key to open 60 Coca-Cola vending machines in the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City making off with $15000.
by The Associated Press
Published: Mon, February 09, 2009 - 11:50 am CST
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - An Atlantic City casino's slot
machines had nothing on its vending machines for one New Jersey
couple.
Police say the pair robbed 60 Coca-Cola vending machines on
hotel floors of the Taj Mahal Casino Resort, making off with
$15,000.
Video surveillance shows a man and a woman using a master key to
open the machines and clean out all the cash inside.
Philip Silvers, 28, and Crystal Studstill, 26, both of
Millville, were identified from the tape, and police say they were
arrested Friday night.
Both were charged with theft, vandalism and conspiracy, and were
being held in the Atlantic County Jail.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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