Yahoo! News - Thief Stopped by His Landlord _ a Cop
RENO, Nev. - Ernest Dumpti was feeling so wealthy after he allegedly helped steal $90,000 from an elderly woman that he decided to pay off a year's worth of his rent, police said.
The problem was he tried to pay it off in $50,000 cash, to his landlord — a Reno police officer.
Dumpti, 39, and his alleged accomplice Patrick Payne, 43, were booked Monday into the Washoe County Jail for investigation of grand larceny.
The men allegedly took the money from the attic of a Reno woman whose home they were renovating, Reno police said.
Officer Jim Stegmaier said he became suspicious when Dumpti told him he had come into some cash and wanted to pay a year in advance on the property he rents from the officer.
Dumpti allegedly showed Stegmaier the money while Stegmaier was wearing his police uniform.
Police detectives then obtained a search warrant for Dumpti's home and recovered the $90,000. The woman was not aware the money was missing until she was contacted by police.
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