DAILY NEBRASKAN - 25 September 2003
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Sign theft comes with hefty price tag
By CHRIS APONICK / DN Staff Writer
September 25, 2003
The whole process seems deceptively simple.
Junior biochemistry major Dustin Rewinkel said he could remove a street sign within minutes. All it usually required was a couple spins of a socket wrench and maybe the help of a Channellock tool. He quickly could have a sign off its pole and into the back of his car. All of this would be done under the cover of darkness, he said.
"We got a system down. Three a.m. works the best. Once everyone is already home from the bars," he said.
It doesn't take Jedlicka more than a simple flip to the backside of his pirated sign for him to see the sticker stating the Lincoln city ordinance about the punishment for stealing the sign. On average, getting caught for stealing a sign could lead to $500 fine and possible imprisonment.
Rewinkel said he had stolen more than a dozen signs since starting college...
...Jedlicka said
the only other way a student would be caught was if they put the signs someplace stupid. Obviously, he said, he had no plans to hang the sign in front of his window.
DAILY NEBRASKAN - 26 September 2003
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Cops Briefs
Compiled by CHRIS APONICK / DN Staff Writer
September 26, 2003
Picture in paper leads police to thief
Lincoln police recovered 13 stolen street signs in a search of junior biochemistry major Dustin Rewinkel's apartment Thursday afternoon.
Lincoln Police Capt. Doug Srb said police obtained the search warrant after a story and picture ran in Thursday's Daily Nebraskan detailing how Rewinkel stole several signs.
An arrest could be forthcoming, Srb said.
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