MacNut
Apr 30, 2005, 01:34 AM
Luck Runs Out for Roofers and Story of Buried Treasure
Police Say Money Was Stolen, Arrest Men After Seeing Their TV Appearances
By JAY LINDSAY, AP
METHUEN, Mass. (April 30) - Four men who made headlines by claiming they dug up buried treasure worth as much as $125,000 from one of their yards were charged Friday with stealing the cache of old currency while doing a roofing job at someone's home.
The arrests came after the men made several appearances on national television, and police noticed how the story seemed to change each time.
"Had they kept quiet ... they probably could have sold the money and no one would have ever known,'' Police Chief Joseph E. Solomon said. "It just got away from them. Sort of like the snowball rolls down the hill and it keeps going and crushes you.''
Police Say Money Was Stolen, Arrest Men After Seeing Their TV Appearances
By JAY LINDSAY, AP
METHUEN, Mass. (April 30) - Four men who made headlines by claiming they dug up buried treasure worth as much as $125,000 from one of their yards were charged Friday with stealing the cache of old currency while doing a roofing job at someone's home.
The arrests came after the men made several appearances on national television, and police noticed how the story seemed to change each time.
"Had they kept quiet ... they probably could have sold the money and no one would have ever known,'' Police Chief Joseph E. Solomon said. "It just got away from them. Sort of like the snowball rolls down the hill and it keeps going and crushes you.''
