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The Tote on the Path: How a Payphone Plot Emptied $41,600

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The Tote on the Path: How a Payphone Plot Emptied $41,600

A locked orange tote left deliberately on a service path held $43 in coins and $41,600 in small bills - the racetrack's entire overnight float - emptied without forced entry. How did a legacy camera command, a payphone call, and a year-long buildup make that disappearance look like a bookkeeping error until the morning a runner found the bag?

In this episode, we tell how the case unfolded from the first discovery to the leads that linked two men to a long-running scheme, and whether one remaining question about motive and planning is ever answered.

Person: Erin Gray
Date: November 9, 2011
Location: Harmon Downs Racetrack, Kelso, Indiana
Person: Roy Padgett
Person: Michael Hoffman

- $41,600 was missing from the orange tote; $43 in loose coins remained inside.
- The racetrack's cameras executed a 90-second automated pan every day at 3:51 p.m., a command written in 2004.
- Roy Padgett began working at the racetrack in 2009 and served as systems compliance coordinator.
- Michael Hoffman rented a storage unit on Route 22 in August 2011 and paid six months' rent upfront in cash.
- In March 2010, $9,200 went missing and was recorded as a bookkeeping error.

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