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Deer Arrested For Money Laundering After Breaking Into Laundromat

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A deer crashed into a North Carolina laundromat, triggering an unusual police investigation. Detectives are now looking into what it was doing near the washing machines.

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A deer has been arrested for money laundering in North Carolina, after entering a laundromat through a window.

Officers recovered three dollars and seventy-five cents in quarters, a suspicious amount of lint, and several freshly washed bills.

The deer refused to identify itself. Police describe the suspect as four feet tall, brown, and visibly unemployed.

On screenPine Hollow Police Department · Suspect Identification · PH-1029-26 · Name · Unknown · Occupation · Unemployed · Identification · No driver's license · Known associates · Two raccoons, one squirrel

A search of nearby woods uncovered two raccoons running a counterfeit coin exchange. A squirrel was handling payroll.

Detectives believe the operation had been running for months. The squirrel has since fled with the pension fund.

As for the deer, it was released on three dollars and seventy-five cents bail.

On screenPine Hollow Detention Center · Bail Payment Receipt · Oct 29, 2026 · Bail · $3.75 · $3.75 · PAYMENT METHOD: 15 QUARTERS

Police later confirmed the bail money was the same three dollars and seventy-five cents seized from the laundromat.

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