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In a world of tablets, smartphones and cybercrime, Stéphane Sauvé did it the old-fashioned way.

Laval police announced Thursday they had arrested Sauvé for 37 thefts from pay phones in their territory last February, and on Wednesday he had been sentenced to 16 months in jail.

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Sauvé, 48, was arrested on Feb. 10 by Laval police, after being caught red-handed in the process of emptying a pay phone coin box in Laval’s Chomedey district. He was charged on Feb. 13 with theft, mischief and possessing burglary tool. He was held in custody until his case was heard.

Sauvé was also charged with another 28 counts involving pay phones on the island of Montreal.

Laval police said the damages to the pay phones totalled $109,000 while the total amount of coin stolen was $6,000.