Those Wacky Heterosexuals

Het Living In University Basement Robs Vending Machines For 10 Years

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

An otherwise homeless heterosexual lived for 10 years in the basements of the Faculty of Linguistics and Literature of the University of Nice, in France.

When he went out of his hideout at night he robbed the vending machines holding beverages and snacks for the students, also taking the coins. He caused damages in the amount of some 200,000 euros ($309,240) during the years, according to investigators.

The career of the man who said his name is Jean Valjean (like the main character of “Les Miserables”) ended when a video surveillance camera which he failed to notice and neutralize, as he did with the others, caught him on tape which allowed the police to intervene and detain him.

The 40-year-old was tried and sentenced to four months in prison (the sentence was for fifteen months, partially suspended).

The idea of forcing open the vending machines occurred to him six months after he arrived in the basements of the university. When arrested, “Valjean” had 53 euros in his pocket, from the last of his night raids.