Crime & Safety
Man Nabbed Gold Coins from Girlfriend's Mother in Sunset Hills, Police Say
Curtis Hines was charged with felony theft. The coins were valued at $1,796.
A man is accused of stealing two gold American Eagle coins, valued at $1,796, from his girlfriend’s mother in Sunset Hills.
Curtis Adam Hines, 23, of the 7100 block of Ivanhoe Street in Affton, was charged March 20 with felony theft.
Sunset Hills Police said the woman reported the two coins stolen from a safe in her residence in the 12400 block of Maret Drive in Sunset Hills between 6:30 a.m. Jan. 18 and 5:30 p.m. Jan. 19.
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The owner told police she suspected Hines, her daughter’s boyfriend, who had been staying at her home at the time the coins disappeared.
Police said an investigation revealed Hines sold the coins to a coin shop on Gravois Road within three days of the theft being discovered.
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Hines told police he stole the coins because the woman owed him money for work that he said he did for her.
Hines was arrested March 28. He posted 10 percent of a $10,000 bond April 1 and was released from St. Louis County jail.
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