Forget Hope, Take the Change

(New York City) A 34-year-old Brooklyn man, Maurice Mizrahi, was arrested Saturday for allegedly stealing scores of parking meters.

Mizrahi's mother, Rene, alerted the police after she found 87 parking meters in the basement of her Gravesend, Brooklyn, home.

The police said Mr. Mizrahi used a truck at night to ram the poles and would cut the tops off with an electric saw.

He would then drive away, leaving the pole behind, they said.

Mizrahi is expected to be charged with numerous counts of criminal possession of stolen property.

Frankly, Mizrahi picked a rather stupid way to make a living.