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The 'pay phone bandit' who baffled the FBI in the '80s


Pay phones were thought to have an unpickable lock. Then James Clark came along.

/ Marie Hickman/Stone via Getty Images The lock box on a pay phone can be seen on the lower right. / Carlos E. Serrano/Moment via Getty Images

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