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The city of Providence, R.I., installed three new $80,000 red light cameras. Each camera was lag-bolted to the ground, and has a 130 pound lithium battery. Despite all this, one of the cameras was stolen three days after it was installed. Detectives used surveillance video from a nearby building to spot two men in a large pickup strapping the camera into the bed of the truck. Police are asking anyone with information to contact them. (MS/WPRI Providence) ...That’s one hell of a selfie stick.
Original Publication Date: 04 February 2018
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.

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