Robber Steals $90,000 In CASH From Elderly Couple

[matcom]

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When bank failures struck during the Great Depression, Tony Beuning's grandfather went to withdraw $19,000 from a bank but was told, "You don't have any money here," Beuning said.

One Depression lesson: That doesn't happen if you keep your money at home.

"Young people don't understand," Beuning said on Monday. "People who lived through the Depression do."

But Beuning, 80 -- who lived through the Depression and who was wounded twice and taken prisoner during World War II -- now is learning a new lesson about keeping money at home.

On Easter Sunday, as much as $90,000 in cash was stolen from his home.

He and his wife, Alvina, live near Avon, which is just west of St. Cloud. They had been to church, gone to a son's home for dinner and returned to find their house ransacked, he said.

His wife "got so upset she fell and broke her hip." She had surgery last week in a Little Falls hospital.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4731316.html

[WillParkinson]

1. That's terrible!

Someone needs to have a good spanking.

But I'm not sure if it's the people who did the robbing or the people who were dumb enough to keep that kind of cash in the house.

[Robb]

3. Yeah, but you can't blame them

...Every time I've gone to the bank, my money's been there. That's got to be a pretty profound experience.

[commander bunnypants]

2. assholes

Nothing more than I can say. Just assholes


DDQM

[GOPisEvil]

4. Mean people suck!

[TXlib]

5. Who keeps $90,000 in cash lying around at home?

Yes, I'm pissed mostly at the criminal who took their money.

HOWEVER, the problems with the banking industry that happened at the start of the GD have largely been solved. Even if you are still suspicious, why keep that kind of cash at home? Keep it in a safety deposit box at the bank, if you are afraid to deposit it!