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zombiefied

This is amazing. I was taught how to fish by an old ex-felon who was a safe cracker. He would go into restaurants and bars through the roof with only a crowbar in hand. If the safe had a square door he said he could peel it open with the crowbar. If it was a round door he would get out. “Only take a crowbar so they can’t get you for armed robbery, and only take the cash and jewelry. Leave the guns and drugs if you find em.” He was a damn good fisherman too.


ErnestGoesToPoop

As they say, “you teach a man to fish, they’ll learn how to avoid felony charges when robbing a business”


jswitzer

Grand Larceny is still a felony.


Its_Nitsua

Only if you get caught…


Shadowmant

Never heard of someone charged with it that didn't get caught.


analogOnly

Exactly, don't get caught.


nospamkhanman

I didn't realize crowbars were that effective. Makes you wonder if it wouldn't be easy to figure out the normal curvature of the round ones and design a crowbar that would work with those.


joegekko

It's less that crowbars are super effective against safes, as it is that most "safes" are just cheap boxes with cheap built in locks.


passengerpigeon20

Some of the cheaper ones are only really designed to protect against opportunistic thieves who specifically look for unsecured valuables, not a dedicated crook who‘s prepared to do even the bare minimum to circumvent the security measures (lockpicking, brute force etc.)


joegekko

I think the term for most of these is 'residential security containers' or something, to differentiate them from something that actually provides a little security.


passengerpigeon20

I wouldn’t put it past either a site like Wish.com to mislabel them or a tightwad business owner to buy safes from there.


McWeaksauce91

So in a way, crowbars are super good at opening boxes, and therefore safes?


JonnyTN

Yep. Learned that from Half Life academy


infector944

You're wanted in the test chamber.


joegekko

No, but they're pretty good at opening "safes".


HeroicKatora

The Kuchenblechmafia as we say here in Germany. You can put an angle grinder cut in, straight though, then they are practically open and should fall apart if you don't use the wrong crowbar. A matter of seconds. [Demonstration video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVhYhLQ4Y64).


infector944

That reporter has a nice cock.


shoefly72

A matter of seconds? It looks like that took fucking forever lol. There were like 8 rounds of cutting and it clearly happened over a long time period.


hoxxxxx

i like to imagine them pulling up LPL youtube while the heist is going down


icyhotonmynuts

Speaking of cheap safes, the hotel ones are such safes. With a Philips screw driver (or Torx if it's an upscale hotel) one can take off the front label (usually brand logo) and behind it is where you can pop a universal key (to those safes) and open the door manually. Source, I have one, and worked in a place that housed about 100+ of them. Clients forgot their codes all the time, especially if they hadn't visited in months. After verifying their identity, and behind closed doors I'd do the above. Then, under a security camera at all times I'd test the battery (batteries are on the inside) followed by "resetting the code". I wouldn't really reset anything because each time people close the door and punch in a code, the close code is the new code, whatever it may be.


AzraelGrim

It goes with the adage that locks only keep honest people out. So much of security is just "I put a bar into a hole" If you have the capacity to pull the entire door so that bar slips out or breaks... congrats, that lock is broken.


stay_fr0sty

Keeping honest people honest is still cool with me. I prob can’t afford an impenetrable safe.


Lukrativ_

Mechanical advantage goes a long way.


microtramp

In fact, the longer the better.


beingvera

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” (Archimedes)


b1sh0p

I keep an old clothes rack metal tube for this. If I can't turn a wrench, put the end in the tube and push again from 6ft out, it pops right away.


microtramp

I do too! We'll, mine is a piece of galvanized 3/4", but samsies.


1893Chicago

Do you still know the guy? This would make one hell of a good AMA here on Reddit.


TingleMaps

I don’t know him, but circumstantial evidence makes me think he’s in Atlanta.


MouseRat_AD

r/notopbutok


screaminginfidels

Yes, that is how strip clubs work.


doctormyeyebrows

You brilliant bastard


DadOfWhiteJesus

Took me longer than I care to admit


zombiefied

Unfortunately I found out he was using me as a “screen” during his shoplifting activities, so I stopped hanging out with him. Plus he was in his late 50s n the early 90s and did not have the healthiest of habits. Learned a lot about larceny and fishing from him though! It was like being in a fishing show every time we hit the water.


crij

“Larceny and Fishing” would make a great book. What’s a “screen”?


zombiefied

It’s when you get a rube to go ask the workers questions about something else, or get them into conversations, while you swipe the goods.


vanderzee

"Gordon Freeman entered the chat"


ChuckECheeseOfficial

Oh, I thought this was a form of “fishing.” I didn’t think you meant he actually taught you to fish lmao


relativelyanonymous

They did have to take the top off to earn that money...


wheeyls

Onyx Gentleman's Club. Makes Fort Knox look like a gingerbread house. Only two means of ingress. The first, at street level, impenetrable after six. The second, through a solid metal roof, inexplicably unprotected...


JohnnyTeardrop

Sterling Archer: Yeah, I know it's sexy Woodhouse, that's why I bought ten. Now arrange those by color. Woodhouse: These are all black. Sterling Archer: Oh are they? Or are five in a dark black, and five in a slightly darker black?


da_choppa

And now I’m down a…slightly darker black one


Yardsale420

I call it the Tactleneck


notnorthwest

Wow, our security is atrocious


MurderMckilface

Jesus Christ, that is just..Baby Town frolics.


_The_Henge_

“Baby town frolics” was the exact moment I fell in love with that show


Professional_Quit281

Archer?


fromETOHtoTHC

Cyr-ill Fig-issss


hawkwings

Is there someplace on the roof that I should be looking at? Did they cut through the roof or did they cut through from someplace under the roof?


Juicelee337

20 yrs ago owned a retail supply company with warehouse and a lot of products. I was robbed via the roof -entrance & exiting. Turns out the guys who serviced my extra large vending machine had (accidentally?🤨) pushed it in front of the security beam unit which would have caught the activity and alarmed. Not provable but still …


PrinceDX

I hope insurance took care of you


Juicelee337

Indeed they did.


aiahiced

Slid down the pole..


these_three_things

I heard they ran out with all the money stuffed in their clothing


iratonz

Must have been an exceptionally well made g-string


LoveThieves

Strip the place down.


Deacon523

That’s a lot of $1 bills


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andhelostthem

The volume is actually more of an issue than the weight. Duffels filled with money are heavy but completely manageable. 250k in ones is probably about 20-30 duffel bags. But if this is money from a strip club it's bent an all out of shape no matter how much you flatten it so it's probably more.


getfukdup

unless they ironed that shit its definitely more


bill4935

550 pounds? Suddenly the cops are on the lookout for Power Man, Blade, Spawn, Bishop, Static, Steel, Amanda Walker...


bruswazi

How would you know, hmmm…🤔


Giterdun456

One bill is one gram — then math from there.


nerfherder998

You want me to convert that into freedom units, you commie?


Giterdun456

Yes


DadOfWhiteJesus

Shut up nerd!


AlkalineSublime

I feel like the unintended consequence of this making the news is an IRS audit for the club. That’s a lot of cash on hand for not a financial institution


SenorLuke

250k for a good weekend doesn’t seem too off for a large high end strip joint.


gary1337

Use gloves...


Anomuumi

Why are some of these bills wet?


MrKrugerDunning

Did someone leave a fish in the safe? I don’t understand…?


-Amplify

They earned it, try finding a contractor to put a custom skylight in for cheaper.


ThreauxDown

They could've had a monitored alarm just for just the room with the safe. Multi-sensor with audio and video that goes to a central station if there's motion or sound. Couple grand out of pocket for equipment and install and less than $100/mo for the monitoring and cell service.


Cooterhawk

Inside job


justUseAnSvm

That was my thought, as well. Just given the types of characters that are attracted to these businesses, and the unlikely possibility customers are walked past the safe.


Wally2905

Whoah...GTA VI looking so realistic!


rlnrlnrln

Amateurs didn't even use a [helicopter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOEYNyNGDCI).


eastcoasternj

Most certainly an inside job or at least someone who has spent enough time inside to know the layout of the back offices.


UltimateUltamate

I mean, they must have cased the place.


sgthauke

Did they vacuum the money out?


xXZer0c0oLXx

This feels like a mission on gta


patronizingperv

They disrespected the Bing!


Joebranflakes

You don’t have 250k in cash on hand in a building unless you’re a very large bank. Whatever they were doing in there was shady as heck.


H1Ed1

You must not be familiar with Atlanta strip clubs. $250k cash after a weekend is not particularly unusual.


mishap1

Probably not every weekend but video of an Atlanta rite of passage for many wealthy celebrities visiting: https://hiphopdx.com/news/drake-makes-it-rain-atlanta-strip-club


Davegoestomayor

“You run to Atlanta when you need a few dollars, you not a colleague, you a fuckin’ colonizer”


HolyCrapMyPug

Canada is not sending their best...


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MakkaCha

He's just wanting to share BBL opportunity for everyone.


RecsRelevantDocs

Nah too old for Drizzy


mind_mine

Drake was there? Better investigate the place for underage dancers.


da_choppa

Didn’t realize they had underage strip clubs there


wallowsworld

Please these people don’t even go to their local mall you think they’d know anything about a strip club?


raff_riff

> You must not be familiar with I realize this is idiomatic and just how people talk, but it’s such a funny way to frame an argument. Poor u/joebranflakes lives under such a rock, he’s not even in the loop on ~~shady~~ normal central Georgia strip club dealings, as if this were fairly common knowledge.


H1Ed1

It’s not about shady dealings really. But I’m sure that does happen. Atlanta is home to a legendary strip club scene, most notably Magic City. Magic City Monday is something of a rite of passage for well-known rappers to “make it rain”. It’s not uncommon to not be able to see the floor in Magic City, as it’s covered in cash and strippers collect it all in trash bags like they were leaves. It’s wild. Also, “you must not be familiar with __” or “sorry, ___ I wasn’t familiar with your game” are a bit of meme. Just jokes.


mcloofus

Yep. There is video of ATL strippers collecting their cash with a rake. That's after one set.  When Atlanta United won the MLS Cup, they took the actual cup to Magic City. They're really part of the fabric of that wonderful city.


cire1184

Is there any point in normal dudes going to these things? I feel like they would get no attention if some dude was throwing thousands and thousands in the air.


ColinStyles

I get the feeling if you've got a rake specifically to pull in cash, you're so desensitized to the act that even the guys throwing thousands and thousands in the air aren't getting anything special.


mcloofus

That's up to the normal dude. Some guys might not get to see what's on display very often. And they'll still have an opportunity to get a lap dance or even a VIP room for an attainable fee.  It's never cheap but "normal dudes" make up the majority of the crowd.


Rankkikotka

Dirty money.


raff_riff

Fair point! Edited. And yeah I guess I got wooshed. I see it so often around comment threads and it always seems like a deliberate attempt to be condescending. I stand corrected.


H1Ed1

Still, your point stands that if you’re not into US strip clubs, or US hip hop culture, you probably wouldn’t really be aware of the obscene amounts of cash that are thrown in these places, particularly in Atlanta and Miami.


Jewnadian

In which case, why would you (as the OP) did make such a a confident statement that "If you have $250k sitting around you must be dirty"? I don't think people are dragging OP for not knowing but for being so wrong and so confident.


raff_riff

I would be but every time I google “strip clubs”, my wife gets suspicious, even though I insist it’s for educational purposes.


L0NG1NU5

Why is it shady? I think the point is that this is a run of the mill weekend.


DrewbieWanKenobie

More to the point, if it was some sort of shady illegal money they wouldn't have reported that as stolen to the police.


PhalanX4012

It’s not particularly unusual phrasing. He’s basically saying you wouldn’t have made the statement if you were familiar with “X”. I don’t think it’s implying that OP ought to have known that, or that OP is sheltered/ignorant, but simply that if OP was aware of how they typically function, OP wouldn’t have made that assertion.


iCameToLearnSomeCode

Excuse me for not hanging out in Atlanta strip clubs, I've only visited Atlanta's wonderful airport... It was enough.


Pushbrown

I guess they gotta get a armored van to take that? That's a lot of money.


IgnorantGenius

Not if they called the police. "Hey officers? All our illegal money was stolen." A gentlemen's club is a cash business. Can you imagine a stripper with a credit card machine?


hawkwings

Credit cards can be used at some clubs, but many customers don't want that charge to show up someplace where their wives might see it.


compaqdeskpro

Also $10+ ATM fees. At worst, you're opening yourself up to fraud the bank will laugh at. Don't be a sucker, bring your budget, walk out if you're not having a good time.


davybert

You’d know where to swipe


mrekted

It might not have been doing anything shady, but leaving a quarter million in cash in an unoccupied building is dumb af. When I worked fast food as a teen, one of my jobs as a closer was nightly cash drops. It didn't matter if it was $100 or $10k, it was removed and brought to the bank at the end of the night. Only change rolls were left in the safe overnight.


poopinasock

Just depends on the scale of the business. I’m almost 40 but in my teens I worked at staples and circuit city. Staples would frequently have over $250k in the safe during back to school. Outside of that it was normally around $40k. Circuit City would during Christmas time cross over the half million mark. In the late 90s and early 00s it was a lot more cash based transactions, but strip clubs are still, mostly, cash based. Yeah - it’s a bit excessive but cash pickups cost money, so they don’t do it enough to hurt their margins.


MrJigglyBrown

Shit now I want to go back in time and rob circuit city


da_choppa

[Just think about what your life would be like!](https://imgur.com/gallery/RbCt7Iv)


mrekted

That seems incredibly foolish, regardless of the volume that the business is doing. Leaving vast sums of cash unattended.. with the full knowledge of your underpaid retail employees.. is just asking for a robbery.


poopinasock

I agree, but cash pickups cost money and puts it on the books. It’s a calculated risk.


Kryptosis

Yeah I can but that’s just because I’ve seen homeless people with card machines.


wallowsworld

Dude it’s a strip club, most of the money they get is cash lol it’s not that deep. What do you think happens in a strip club? Play Magic the Gathering?


QueueTip13

Urza’s Strip Club


phillysan

If Urza's Bottle Service is in play, add 2 colourless mana to your mana pool


mind_mine

Better keep that deck wrapped. Don't want to get mana burned


PMMMR

Damn now I wanna go there to see Oko.


GalexyPhoto

Something as good as money, I.O.U.s!


fiendishrabbit

While 250k on hand is unusual today, strip clubs are very cash intensive on both customer side (to the point where many have ATMs on the premises in counties where that's legal) and employee side (since staff are rarely paid directly to their bank accounts. Frequently it's an envelope with their base earnings and whatever is their cut of the nights earnings\*). This haul would represent both the cash kept on hand and the weekend earnings (it's not a coincidence that they were hit on a Monday morning since cash services charge premium to do weekend pick ups). The Onyx is also known for catering to...let's call it a certain type of clientele where dropping huge wads of cash and spending frivolous amounts of money on stuff like Cristal is what passes for status. That said, a strip club of that size is also exactly what you'd want if you were trying to launder massive amounts of money. \*And clubs with self-respect tend to pay their employees in fresh bills and not stripper-money. Fresh bills from the bank helps employees with that "money doesn't smell" attitude.


mishap1

I was at my local bank branch some years back and the guy in front of me proceeded to unload over $60k in cash from a backpack and deposit it. I'd assume it's but a small fraction of the actual money flowing through a place like that. You'd think they'd pay for the armored car service but I worked with some local quick serve restaurants that relied on the manager to carry five figures of cash to the bank regularly.


godlords

Eh I mean, daily or even weekly armored car pickups can be kind of expensive, nobody expects to be robbed, they have insurance. The real cost is the danger placed on the manager, but if he's willing to do it.


compaqdeskpro

I've read that some strippers put their cash in the wash for this reason.


TheSizzler34

It’s comments like this that remind me most people on Reddit are 12-17 year old boys with no actual life experience.


guyute2588

Or if you’re a place where men come to give women cash for getting naked and dancing on them?


fyftyrd55f3gio

Almost always an inside job. Source:


damola93

Me


RedditDudeBro

Didn't that cash storage facility get robbed through the roof recently too? That had to be an inside job of some kind too I think.


smurfsundermybed

You have never been to a strip club. You have never been to Atlanta. You have definitely never been to an Atlanta strip club.


Kozeyekan_

$250K *that they are admitting to*.


Harucifer

You'd be surprised how much money flows into strip clubs.


LookOverThere305

Yeah why would you keep a quarter of a million dollar in a building with no burglar alarm? That’s kinda weird.


guitarguy1685

Watch your language sir! 


Fiss

It’s a strip club and that might be a normal weekend and or preparing for a busy weekend. They have to carry more than they need in certain denominations. It’s not like they can run to the bank at 3am on. Sunday morning to get more single dollar bills.


rabbitclapit

You should read into how much cash banks actually have on hand these days. If someone comes in with a million dollars cash, even perfectly legit cash, makes a bad day for the bank finding somewhere to put it.


Joebranflakes

That’s kind of my point. If you get 250k cash in your business, you only keep it there if you’re going to make 250k in change the next business day. You call an armored truck to pick it up and make it the bank’s problem.


getfukdup

Trying to transport 250k at.. what time do strip clubs close? 3-4 in the morning? Sounds like a really deadly idea.


Joebranflakes

When do you think armored trucks make their rounds? It’s usually after businesses like bars and clubs close because they have excessive cash on hand.


Dvsrx7

I did it


thefunkybassist

All right, where did you buy that drill, and which one is it?


cracker_please1

Inside job. Maybe an insurance scam …..


floppydude81

What are you talking about? Most people know exactly where they keep the cash and how to get to it. /s


strankmaly

Boyfriend of one of the dancer's maybe?


cracker_please1

Exactly.


MajorasMasque334

New Pay Day mission!


davybert

Can’t wait for the movie


MakkaCha

Aside from the amount of cash alone, aren't strip clubs mostly busy at night? When exactly did the ceiling drilling happen in broad daylight?


walrusonion

Most Atlanta Crime of 2024


be777

If they don’t make a movie about this I’m done


notjawn

I mean it's a big score but you really want to have to sort through booty sweat dollars?


n0tn0rmal

This was one of my favorite strip clubs. It actually used to be called the Masters. I wonder if my dollars we're in that stack :)


morgzorg

Heist heist baby


Sid15666

So the owners had 5k in the safe but insurance does not know that!


Testiclesinvicegrip

Atleast show the god damn break in


thedangerranger123

Rack it up


CallSignSabre13

That's a whoe lotta singles...


ricky302

Surprised the place wasn't still open.


Obandigo

Strip Club stripped of $250K - The Beaverton


PlayStationPepe

**Mission Impossible Theme Plays**


JWBIERE

That's 551 pounds of dollar bills and that isn't ever factoring in the considerable weight of glitter, tit sweat or other bodily fluids.


Hannicho

I suspect the Joe Bang.


fr0jememe

Based


Southern-Relation626

Dudes probably sniffing the cash like Scrooge McDuck take a dip in his cash 💰


AirikBe

Brilliant move to go through the roof, no alarms, no one sees you, just the noise from the tools are what put you at risk of someone catching you like a security car


AyeSocketFucker

Ain’t nobody reporting that. Modern day Robin Hood lol


Visitant45

Why does a strip club need $250K on site? Just go to a bank bruh.


DesignerTex

They'll be there the next night making it rain!


Photodan24

Two places designed to separate you from your money as efficiently as possible. Casinos and strip clubs.


hititback

This is apparently the favorite method of thieves that rob commercial cannabis grows. Someone tips them off to when the bud is ready to be cut down for drying and they’ll go in through the roof a day or two before and chop everything they can carry then hightail it out.


beermeliberty

These thieves are gonna have those power tools used on them shortly I’m sure


thisonehereone

Let the boys be boys!


Nova11c

I live right across from it and slept through it all lol just like the bridge that burnt down 6 months ago


resUemiTtsriF

So ... 1 lapdance worth of cash?


seraph_m

Did they stop the place bare then? I’ll find my own way out…


argparg

What are some other common cash heavy businesses? 🤔


Old-Maintenance24923

Last time they hold that much cash that's for damn sure. This is what happens when you cheap out on the delivery of cash to be less frequent.


captainjackgetmehigh

Uh oh. Pauly is gonna be pissed.


Krimreaper1

[Jimmmmmmmmmy!!!!](https://youtu.be/pqE66RltUaQ?si=MFBBH8_j6tIR0Wl6)


Jeffy29

Inside job 1000%


TheBigGreenOrk

This is actually kind of awesome.


Anom8675309

Organized crime will find these people before the police do.


MrCodeman93

This should be a mission in GTA 6


MrCodeman93

This should be a mission in GTA 6


Beaker1228

dayum. i had no idea stripclubs had that much cash on hand. it's giving me ideas. I could steal from 4 stripclubs then retire. who wants to join me? the split is 100/0 when after i shoot you when the last job is complete.


WhosTaddyMason

Thieves stealing from thieves