Collard said police went to a hotel in Riverdale, Weber County, where the 19-year-old man from Ridgewater, Va., and the 25-year-old man from Lexington, N.C., had been staying where additional quarters were recovered. A similar theft had earlier been reported in Riverdale.
Collard would not disclose the method used by the men to "defeat" the coin-operated machines but called the process "ingenious." Unfortunately for the men, the process did not override the alarm system.
The men were booked for investigation of felony theft. Collard said the investigation is continuing.