INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A loose-fingered thief left a trail: pennies, dimes and quarters stolen from a house next door, according to sheriff’s reports. 
 
 Deputies investigating the crime, in the 6400 block of 55th Square, noticed the coins on the ground and began following them, quickly leading to the arrest on Wednesday of Michael Sherman, 25, an unemployed man who is charged with burglary and taking bags of loose change. 
 
 Also taken were a pistol, two rifles and a replica Japanese samurai sword. 
 
 After his arrest, the unemployed man confessed to the crime and said he sold the guns to purchase the prescription pain medication Dilaudid, according to a sheriff’s report, 
 
 The case started Wednesday at 7 p.m.,when the caretaker found the inside of the home in disarray and items missing. 
 
 Apparently, the rear sliding glass door was pried open. 
 
 A 5 a.m. Monday, a neighbor saw several people outside with flashlights apparently looking for something on the ground. Also, a neighbor heard gunfire and saw someone with what appeared to be a gun case. 
 
 When detectives arrived, they found the trail of coins going from the crime scene to the front door of Sherman’s house in the 6400 block of 55th Square. 

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 Indian River County deputies were called to a Vero Beach home Wednesday morning to investigate claims that a burglary had taken place. 
 
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 The victim said the stolen items included firearms, a computer, a sword, drafting equipment and a large quantity of loose change, according to a release issued by the Indian County Sheriff's Office. 
 
 Detectives saw as many as 40 of the coins on the ground outside the victim's home, and they led to the home of Michael Sherman. 
 
 After they got a search warrant, deputies returned to Sherman's home and found some of the items the victim claimed were missing. 
 
 Sherman "eventually led investigators to additional stolen property, more ammunition and a computer, which he had buried in his back yard," the release said. 
 
 Some other items were still missing, prompting deputies to think other thieves may have been involved in the crime. 
 
 For now, Sherman is charged with armed burglary. 
 
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– Burglary pro tip of the day: You're not going in for the spare change. This lesson appears to have been lost on Michael Sherman. When police responded to a burglary call at his neighbor's Vero Beach, Florida, house they found roughly 40 coins strewn on the ground outside it, forming a distinct trail leading to Sherman's house ... and a large amount of change just happened to be among the items reported stolen, WPBF reports. When police searched Sherman's house, they found more of the neighbor's property, including ammunition and a computer that had been buried in the backyard. Also stolen were a pistol, two rifles, and a samurai-style sword. Sherman confessed to the theft when questioned, saying he sold the guns to buy the prescription painkiller Dilaudid, WPTV reports.