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 A penny-wise heist ended more than 1,600 pounds-foolish. 
 
 Taylor police charged a Scott Twp. man with burglary this week for stealing a steel drum filled with $3,000 worth of pennies that belonged to his employer, according to a criminal complaint. 
 
 Robert E. Napolitan, 34, 99 Novitski Road, wheeled the steel drum, which weighed more than 1,600 pounds, on a hand truck across a dusty floor at Pyne Freight Lines Inc. on Union Street on Monday, Sgt. William Roche and Patrolman Eugene Mentz said in an affidavit. Tracks through the dust and a trail of pennies marked his path. 
 
 Mr. Napolitan had a key to the building’s back door and informed a company dispatcher he would be there late at night during the Labor Day holiday weekend to remove parts from a disabled Dodge Durango. Security camera footage captured his white Jeep Cherokee pulling in at 2:30 a.m. Monday but did not show he worked on the Dodge. 
 
 Police searched his Jeep and found 89 pennies underneath the seats and floor mats. Mr. Napolitan admitted he stole the pennies, police said. In addition to burglary, he also is charged with criminal trespass, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property — all felonies. 
 
 Mr. Napolitan is in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Wednesday. 
 
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 @jkohutTT on Twitter ||||| TAYLOR, Pa. (AP) — Talk about penny pinching: A Pennsylvania man is accused of stealing about 300,000 pennies from his employer. 
 
 Police in Taylor, just outside Scranton, have charged 34-year-old Robert Napolitan with burglary and related offenses. He's accused of taking a steel drum filled with $3,000 worth of pennies from Pyne Freight Lines, where he worked as a mechanic. 
 
 A criminal complaint says he loaded the 1,600-pound drum onto a hand truck at the company building Monday and rolled it to his Jeep. Police say the company owner used the drum like an enormous spare change jar for his pennies. 
 
 The (Scranton) Times-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2cj9Xq5 ) tracks through the dust and a trail of pennies marked his path. 
 
 Police searched his Jeep and found pennies underneath the seats and floor mats. 
 
 Police say he admitted to taking the drum. No lawyer information is listed in court documents. 
 
 Napolitan was jailed in Lackawanna County in lieu of $50,000 bail. 
 
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 Information from: The Times-Tribune, http://thetimes-tribune.com/
– Talk about penny pinching: A Pennsylvania man is accused of stealing about 300,000 pennies from his employer. Police in Taylor, just outside Scranton, have charged 34-year-old Robert Napolitan with burglary and related offenses. He's accused of taking a steel drum filled with $3,000 worth of pennies from Pyne Freight Lines, where he worked as a mechanic, the AP reports. A criminal complaint says he loaded the 1,600-pound drum onto a hand truck at the company building Monday and rolled it to his Jeep. Police say the company owner used the drum like an enormous spare change jar for his pennies. The Scranton Times-Tribune reports that tracks through the dust and a trail of pennies marked Napolitan's path through the building. Police searched his Jeep and found pennies underneath the seats and floor mats. Police say he admitted to taking the drum. Napolitan was jailed in Lackawanna County in lieu of $50,000 bail, which he would need 5 million pennies to cover. (This Texas man paid a speeding ticket with 22,000 pennies.)