submitter: Van Buren, Arkansas police searching for Blowtorch Bandit, a fiend who uses blowtorches to break into car wash change machines

Tee-hee

Not the first time either...

I want to make a joke about the Wet Bandits from Home Alone, but nothing seems funny.

I always got a kick out of that hair.

Must be a biatch trying to escape with 200 pounds of quarters.

/betting he has an intimate relationship with CoinStar machines.

picturescrazy: I want to make a joke about the Wet Bandits from Home Alone, but nothing seems funny.

I'd make a joke about Mr. Show's 'Car Wash Change Thief Action Squad' but you ruined the thread vibe, man...

Beautiful place! Ozark plateau. Limestone formations, hills.

Came for the Mr. Show reference, leave, eh, kind of satisfied.

This sounds like something Ricky or Julian would scheme up.

Well, here in Edmonton, a few years back, a transit repairman stole the equivalent of $4 from everyone in the entire city. He used a magnetic probe to steal loonies ($1 coins) from ticket vending machines.

/Yes, I said probe

Blowtorch


Cutting Torch

Anyone want to describe how this might work? You know, so we can all know what not to do...

It's probably the guy cashing in bags of quarters that have that weird "cut metal" smell.

Ah, the big dirty.

I read that as 'Blowjob Bandit', and left dissapointed.

It's this biatch, isn't it?

Were they a coupla hard pipe-hittin' negroes ?

If so, did they have a pair of pliers?

So who's after this Van Buren bandit? Lenny Briscoe?

Superjew: Anyone want to describe how this might work? You know, so we can all know what not to do...

Superjew? "Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird... It's a plane..."

Seriously, if this guy is carrying an oxy-acetylene torch with him, he could pretty much melt his way through any lock he pleases. I guess the trick is to not set the entire establishment on fire in the process.

According to wikipedia, the flame temp hovers around 5000F, hot enough to melt through most any lock that I know of...
(article also includes a pretty cool pic of a guy cutting through a section of rail road track!)

Any good 18V drill can go right through a typical cylinder look. The flames are just for show.

Robert1966: Came for the Mr. Show reference, leave, eh, kind of satisfied.

Same here.

Beef supreme?

I live in van buren, so I want my change back from these replies.

A quick way to prevent this would be to fill the bottom half of the change hopper with gun powder.

Mmm.... maybe if Van Buren wasn't in a dry county these guys would have something better to do. Still, it is nice to see a non Methlab/Potfarm crime story out of Crawford County.

/and yes, I realize they are just across the bridge from Fort Smith and its alcoholic goodness.
//still, Van Buren and Crawford County are underwhelming
///SWTR for the win!

signaljammer: Beautiful place! Ozark plateau. Limestone formations, hills.

Happy Sunday! My hometown makes FARK! Woot!

/91 Pointer

The Arkansas River valley area... never a dull moment. LOVE Van Buren - one of my fave towns in ArklaHoma

/worked at KFSM-TV 5 for 4 years, never surprised by the news stories we got there
//sheesh!

Porkchop Sandwiches!

KG4GKE: The Arkansas River valley area... never a dull moment. LOVE Van Buren - one of my fave towns in ArklaHoma

/worked at KFSM-TV 5 for 4 years, never surprised by the news stories we got there
//sheesh!

Awesome, you would know my producer friend Josh then.

Great area to live in, if you can get over the methlabs and cheap labor immigrants.