2 arrested for cashing out casino vending machines

[February 10, 2009]  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.

[Associated Press]

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